Scripture
Genesis 28:15-16
Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” 

Observation
We may imagine that we are making up our own path, but in truth God is leading us every step of the way. Jacob was running away from his brother, but he stumbled upon the front door of heaven on earth. 

Life is a long journey, one do long that it is easy to forget our destination mid way through the trek. Most are lost not because they cannot find the way to where they are going, but rather because they forgot that they were actually going someWHERE.

In midlife this is acute. There is nothing like marriage, mortgage, kids and college bills to lose the pursuit that seemed so clear in our early days. 

Thankfully God does not forget his plans for us simply because we have forgotten them. The God who remembers and fulfills unread prophecies won’t forget his promises to us. 

Application 
I remember receiving this verse as a promise in 1986, when I first started as a pastor. It seemed significant then; that God would do his work in me in Australia then return me to the USA. I’ve been back 5 years this year. Now do this greater work Lord in me. 

Prayer
Help me to see Lord what is do plain to you. Amen.