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Key Bible Verse: How can we understand the road we travel? It is the Lord who directs our steps Proverbs 20:24). Bonus Reading: Numbers 9:15-23

As a computer professional, I worked for one company for 13 years, moving from hardware and software technician to officer and partner. Eventually I owned almost a quarter of the firm. As my contributions to the bottom line increased, the company tried to tighten its grip on my heart. But years ago I'd felt God's call to deliver a message to the church. A day would come, I believed, to leave my firm and become a full-time author. I didn't know how God would bring this about. But on the side I learned the writing craft by attending conferences and producing magazine articles.

My vision remained sharp. But my loyalty and sense of obligation to my company weighed heavily. If I left, its survival was not assured. Should I keep waiting? I tensely wondered. Maybe God wants me to keep working and write part-time. O God, show me what You want me to do!

Then God, in His mercy, solved my dilemma. Another company, with its own computer systems, purchased ours. Within a few months, I'd transferred our client data and transaction history. I was then free to bow out with no harm to the firm. And the sale provided me with money to live on as I pursued writing full-time.

—Bryan Davis in Spit and Polish for Husbands

My Response: In what situation am I waiting for God to act?

Thought to Apply: God always gives his very best to those who leave the choice with Him.—J. HUDSON TAYLOR

Adapted from Spit and Polish for Husbands (AMG Publishers, 2004) by permission.

Copyright © 2007 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.Click here for reprint information on Men of Integrity.

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Prayer for the Week

Lord, help me to accept your "good and pleasing, and perfect" will, even when that runs counter to my natural desires.

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