Stay on track

Greetings:
“Staying on track” –– we hear people say it all the time.
The first thing in life that keeps you off of the track is discouragement.
 Discouragement wakes up with you, when you have a shower it’s there with you tapping you on your shoulder telling you all of your shortcomings.
When eating, you are discouraged because this isn’t the food you were expecting.
Even wearing your clothes you can feel discouraged and you might change them several times before leaving for work.
You have  prayed for that new job,  a promotion and more money to provide better for your family, but you hear nothing. That's discouragement.
Discouragement can push you off track when you allow it.
When it comes, tell it, “no your place is not here, there is no seat for you here, you stay away from me”. 
Discouragement will listen.
Having patience is the best tool to stay on track.
By not being patient the prodigal son in Luke 15 wanted his blessing now from his father because he wanted to do his own thing in life. 
Maybe I have prayed like the prodigal son in my life telling God I want it now. 
The father said, do you really want this, do you think this is the right time?  The son said, give it to me now.  The father was so kind and gave it to him.  Some Bible theologians believe it was a big amount of money, gold and silver worth around $50 million in today's standards.
The boy packed everything and said goodbye, saying this is what I was after and I have to go. 
When God blesses you and you receive from God, is that the time you tell God, good bye now because I don’t need you anymore, I have to take my own direction?
 Blessings are already there. God has prepared all the blessings for us and He is now working on us to be ready for those blessings.
 Read your Bible, meditate on it and stay on track.  Read for yourself what is written there, and ask, “what are your directions Lord”.
  Do you believe God has a plan for you? 
 Many of us have a GPS in our cars our on our smart phones and we  put all our hope and trust in this.  We put in an address and this little gadget it will tell us how long it will take and the route to take.  If on the way, there will be delays, the GPS will modify the time and advise on taking another route.
 When you are going in the wrong direction, the GPS will tell you.  It will tell you, “You are out of the track, make a you turn, turn around”. 
What is your GPS in your Christian life, do you have one? When you off the path from God and it says turn around, do you turn off the GPS?
 If you don’t want to get lost, you will listen to the message and turn around, but if you turn it off you will get lost.
 Look after your GPS  –– your conscience –– check it, listen to it and make sure you are on the right track. 
Proverbs 3:1 tells us we can forget most anything else in our life, but don’t forget the laws of God. 
 God has the solution and the solution is already with us.  He is preparing us so you will be ready to receive it.  Don’t be discouraged or down because you don’t get what you need as soon as you ask for it. Keep your hope and faith strong as you walk step by step to receive what you will need at the right time. 
Be blessed.
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