We see clearly in Scripture that joy is a fruit of the Spirit, but how do we walk in joy when our circumstances are less than ideal?

when the book launched without rival and

we sent little like video vignettes out

and we talked to people about perhaps

perhaps the reason you don’t know what

you’re called to do is because you are

called to do something no one’s ever

done before people are like yes and then

we say but but what is that and so I

want to as a grandmother it’s the same

grandmother kind of unpacked some of

these ideas for you said to my favorite

scripture is that I have always set in

my heart as kind of navigational tools

proverbs 3 6 it says in all your ways

not just in your career ways not just in

your friendship ways in all of your ways

acknowledge him that means we honor God

that means we believe that his ways are

higher than our ways and he will make

straight your paths you know when you

have a straight path you can kind of see

what’s in front of you but when it’s a

crooked path it’s got lots of twists and

turns it’s very confusing I believe this

is talking about clarity and I’m

thinking this is also about getting you

from point A to point B in the quickest

way acknowledge God in all of your ways

and he not you he will make your paths

straight

the other one is Isaiah chapter 30 verse

31 I’m reading out of the ESV it says

and your ears shall hear a word behind

you saying this is the way walk in it

when you turn to the right or when you

turn to the left

so that’s somebody that’s moving that’s

somebody mouton it notice it says the

way it doesn’t say this is the end it

doesn’t say this is the destination it

says this is the right way just keep

going keep moving when you turn right or

you turn left he’s gonna say yep this is

it I know this doesn’t look like the way

but this is the way just keep walking in

and keep acknowledging me these two are

really scriptures that you can marry

just keep acknowledging me in this

pathway keep listening for my voice and

you’re going to get where you need to go

so many people have things stirring in

their heart well I need you to

understand you didn’t put those things

there God is the one that seated your

heart you’re not being ambitious you’re

not being come

so go ahead acknowledge him in all your

ways say God you’ve put this in my heart

it seems too big for me it seems to grin

but you but you got you are the one that

seated this in me for your glory I’m

gonna acknowledge you and I’m gonna walk

in your ways so I’m gonna just pray for

you that God is going to set you on a

course that you are gonna stop being in

that frozen stance going but I don’t

know which way to go just start moving

start moving be faithful in your church

be faithful at your job be faithful in

your marriage be faithful to your

friends be faithful be faithful and just

have action and God will begin to bless

that father I ask that you would give

clarity that you would give direction

people that feel like they can’t hear

you Father as they begin to take steps I

ask that you would fulfill your promise

of Isaiah that there would be a knowing

unknowing a voice behind them an

assurance of what they’re leaving behind

and an assurance of what they are

walking into that this is the way God

has for them and that they have the

strength to walk in it because they are

called

to a life without rival I hope this

blesses you we want to give you

practical tools we know that this earth

has need of what is on your life