Imperfect Paths

“All things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”

Romans 8:28 (NKJV)

God’s perfect will is not always the promise of a perfect path.

Don’t let the imperfect path you are on right now convince you to stop chasing what is the perfect will of God. Don’t stop pursuing God’s perfect will because you don’t like how hard it is to walk on your imperfect path.

This message is found in the replete narrative that is strewn throughout all of biblical literature:

• Moses’ imperfect path had to go through Midian with blood on his hands, a speech impediment, and a lot of self-doubt. It was an imperfect path, but it took him right to the center of God’s perfect will.
• David went through the cave of Adullam, down from the rooftop, surviving assassination attempts against his life and betrayal by his own offspring. What an imperfect path, but all of it landed him right in the center of God’s perfect will.  
• Daniel had to go through prison in order to get to the palace. It was an imperfect path, but it brought him to the center of God’s perfect will.
• Paul and Silas went through the obscurity of a Philippian jail to get to the prominence of the market square. An imperfect path, but it delivered them to God’s perfect will.
• Even Jesus, who suffered the anguish of Calvary, has ascended again to the throne. His imperfect path had to go up a harsh and cruel hill, but it landed Him in God’s perfect will.

Stop equating God’s perfect will with always traveling life’s perfect paths. Don’t stop chasing God’s will for your life because you keep falling down on the imperfect paths you find yourself on. The bumps, bruises, pains, losses, trials, fatigues, mistakes, misjudgments, storms, heartbreaks—all of these are part of the imperfect paths we take in life. But all of these are being used by the Lord to deliver you to a perfectly providential plan as imagined by a God who created you for His own perfect purposes.

God works all things together for our good, so trust Him as you travel life’s difficult terrain.