Wherever You Go | Day 1

Anchor verse: “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” [Joshua 1:9]

Day 1

Recently while waiting for a connecting flight for a business trip, I purchased a small toy airplane for my youngest son.  After boarding the next flight, we sat taxied on the runway for 45 minutes.  There was a young boy around the age of 3 or 4 behind me. Having a son the same age, I was certain that he might not be able to contain himself for the duration of the flight. I decided that I would give him the plane, if he started to get upset.   

I waited and waited but to my surprise he never did.  As I waited, I still felt the nudging to give him the toy plane regardless of how his behavior turned out to be. I had decided that I would do so once the plane stopped. When it finally did, the little boy enthusiastically started recounting all the details of his adventure. He was so excited.

I turned around to tell him about what a good job he did being still for so long. I am not sure who was more surprised, when I handed him the plane. His father exclaimed “Do you see that son? That is a God thing!” His father went onto explain that while they were waiting in the airport, his son also saw the plane and really wanted it. However, his parents had told him that they couldn’t get it right then. My eyes started to sting as I told the little boy that his Daddy was right, God knows the desires of our hearts.

God knows your needs too and he will use you and I to do little things that may not sound like much, in order to meet the needs and even desires of others.

I am not sure who got the bigger gift that day. The little boy with his plane or me getting to be a part of a bigger plan.

Think about it!

1. Have you had a similar experience where you felt like giving something to someone but thought it might be too silly or strange? Did you comply or do you think that you would if you felt that nudge in the future? 

2. Do you go back and give God Glory and tell someone else when they were used by God to help you or meet one of your needs?

3. Our verse today says that God is with us wherever we go. Do we only look for the parts of God that we need. Or do we also look for the parts of God that he wants to reveal. Expect God to want to reveal himself to you in a new way, every day.


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Helping Hands Camp is a faith based youth camp that completes clean up and construction projects for those in the community that are unable to do so. These five devotions were written earlier in the year and were included in the booklet used at camp. The anchor verse is same throughout the week.