The Curve Ball
Wednesday, February 25
Isaiah 55:8-11 (NKJV)
““For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”
Devotion
Just when we think we have it down pat, the script changes. The playbook we so diligently rehearsed and memorized—right down to the line—will not be used.
What worked before will not work now, because God determines our times and seasons in every given moment. Those moments belong to God, and God exists in real time. God is the Moment.
As God’s children, we need to be vigilant and sensitive to His course corrections for our lives.
In our natural world, snow takes awhile to fall and collect on top of those mountains, as Pastor Franklin was teaching on Sunday.
Is God beckoning us to come up higher? To see what He sees? Certainly not a bunch of snow piled up, but rather all the prayers that have been stored up. Until the times of refreshing, when God begins to call for the snow to melt.
All of us who are born again—all of us whose lives have been changed because of Jesus—are the very ones God has accomplished through His Word, and this pleases Him.
“So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11
Today's Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father,
Your ways are higher than mine, and Your thoughts are beyond my understanding. When life throws a curve ball and my plans change, help me trust that You are still in control. Make my heart sensitive to Your course corrections and willing to follow wherever You lead. Let Your Word accomplish Your purpose in me, and help me see from Your perspective. In the Name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Apply It Today
Set aside intentional time this week to step back from your immediate circumstances and seek God’s perspective—through prayer and reading His Word. Instead of responding emotionally to what you see in front of you, ask God to show you what He is storing, shaping, or preparing beneath the surface.
Resources
- When life doesn’t go as planned, God’s plan still stands. Watch “Trusting God’s Plan” for a powerful reminder that faith leads us through every season.
- Read Romans 11:33. When the “script changes,” it may not be disruption, it may be divine redirection.