{"id":12127,"date":"2025-03-11T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12127"},"modified":"2025-03-02T08:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T13:52:08","slug":"declares-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/declares-the-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"Declares the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One-minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brown-Somber-Remembrance-Fathers-Day-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brown-Somber-Remembrance-Fathers-Day-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brown-Somber-Remembrance-Fathers-Day-Instagram-Post-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brown-Somber-Remembrance-Fathers-Day-Instagram-Post-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brown-Somber-Remembrance-Fathers-Day-Instagram-Post-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brown-Somber-Remembrance-Fathers-Day-Instagram-Post-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Brown-Somber-Remembrance-Fathers-Day-Instagram-Post.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God softens the King of Babylon\u2019s heart and has him show compassion on the Israelites. After the fall of Jerusalem, the people didn\u2019t know what to do and didn\u2019t want to incur God&#8217;s wrath with a wrong decision, so they sought Jeremiah for guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we don\u2019t know which path to take, we have a Divine Travel Agent who will show us the way. Turning to the Lord in prayer and seeking His guidance, we must wait until we know what to do. For instance, Ron and I prayed for years about moving but never felt God give us direction until He did. Things unfolded quickly once we knew what to do, but we had to wait for the green light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lord doesn\u2019t want us to wander through life. When we seek and obey God, He gives us the steps to take. We know our eternal destination but don\u2019t know which path the Lord will take us on to reach it. Don\u2019t fear the unknown; trust the Savior and embrace the journey. One step at a time, Jesus leads us home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDo not fear him,\u201d declares the Lord.\u201d Let God handle the travel plans; don\u2019t fear the enemy or the road ahead. Instead, embrace the adventure and live fully for Christ as He guides you on the path of abundant life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Prayer:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Lord,<br>Thank You for eliminating our enemy and guiding us on the path of abundant life. Please help us obey quickly, trust without reserve, and follow You wherever You take us.<br>IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. God softens the King of Babylon\u2019s heart and has him show compassion on the Israelites. After the fall of Jerusalem, the people didn\u2019t know what to do and didn\u2019t want to incur God&#8217;s wrath with a wrong decision, so they sought Jeremiah for guidance. When we don\u2019t know which path to take, we&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/declares-the-lord\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Declares the Lord<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12127"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12130,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12127\/revisions\/12130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}