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Friday, 23 May 2025

Fly Straight and True

“God’s purpose for you is unique. No one else can fulfil the plan he has for you. So, wait patiently for him to drive you straight and true.”

Ephesians 1:11
In him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will.

This devotional is called GodTracker. This title describes the primary purpose of every Christian
believer: tracking the plans and purposes of God. Scripture makes it plain; God has a plan and a purpose for each one of us. Yet, God’s ways are not our ways and our ways are not God’s ways.

A Scotchman was demonstrating the new game of golf to President Ulysses Grant. He carefully placed the ball on the tee and took a mighty swing. The club hit the turf and scattered dirt all over the President's beard and clothes, while the ball placidly sat on the tee. Again and again, the Scotchman swung, and again he missed. The President waited patiently through six tries and then quietly said, "There seems to be a fair amount of exercise in the game, but I fail to see the purpose of the ball.”

We smile but the truth is, the ball had a purpose. Its purpose was to fly straight and true to the green to be putted into the cup. Unfortunately, the demonstrator of this new game failed to connect with the ball. Chaos ensued. However, the ball remained patiently on the tee waiting to be hit.

God has a plan for you according to the counsel of his will. Sometimes, his will for you may seem to take a long time to materialise. Sometimes, chaos may ensue around you as you wait for him to direct your path to victory. God’s purpose for you is unique. No one else can fulfil the plan he has for you. So, wait patiently for him to drive you straight and true, in his time. Author Frank Peretti said, “'God has created us in his image and put each of us here on earth for specific purposes. That means every human being has intrinsic value, preciousness, meaning and dignity.”

God-tracking is waiting for him to drive us straight and true.

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Jeremiah 29:11
Isaiah 55:8-9
Isaiah 40:31

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“Forgive me for my impatience and help me to wait on you despite the chaos that’s going on around me.”

“Dear Lord, I know you have a plan to use me here at home, at work and in my church. Your purposes are according to the counsel of your will for my life. And yet, O Lord, I often find myself sitting quietly on the tee, waiting to be driven straight and true. Forgive me for my impatience and help me to wait patiently for you despite the chaos that’s going on around me. Dear Lord, open your way – your opportunities – for me to follow the plans you know you have for me. Amen.”

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What is GodTracker?
GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith. Most of what you’ll read is based upon the author’s personal experience of tracking the plans of God.

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Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Friday, 21 February 2025

Peace on Your Path

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“When interference seems to come along in one way or another, the secret is to allow space for God’s will to be done. This technique involves two concepts: quietness and patience.”

Psalm 142:3
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then You knew my path. In the way in which I walk, they have secretly set a snare for me.

In this quest to follow God’s will, one thing I’ve discovered is that other people often seem to “get in the way” of what I perceive as being God’s purposes in my life. It seems that often, just when I’m getting somewhere, someone else comes along and sets a snare for me, usurping my position. Ever been there?

Scripture makes it plain, all the ways of a man seem pure in his own eyes, but the Lord checks the heart. It tells us that a man plans his way but the Lord directs his path and if we commit our works to the Lord, he will establish our steps. When interference seems to come along in one way or another, the secret is to allow space for God’s will to be done. This technique involves two concepts: quietness and patience. Quietness and trust are your strengths. So, rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him.

Life’s burdens can sometimes be overwhelming but the Lord knows your path. No one knows your situation better than he does. When you don’t know what to do, you can turn to the Lord in prayer. He knows the best solution and he will show you the way. Bill Wilson said, “It’s not important what you achieve in life it’s more important what you set in motion.” I pray that you will learn the secret of waiting quietly and patiently for God to direct your path according to his purposes.

God-tracking is patiently resting in his path.

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Proverbs 16
Isaiah 30:15
Psalm 37:7

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“Help me to wait quietly and patiently for your will to be done.”

“Father God, it’s happened again. Just when things seemed to be working out for me, someone got in the way and confused my path. Yet, O Lord, I know that my ways are not directed by any man. You are the director of my life. So, I turn to you now, in prayer, as I ask for your vindication and direction. Resolve this conflict and help me to wait quietly and patiently for your will to be done. Amen.”

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Friday, 2 November 2018

GOD-TRACKING IS WALKING YOUR PATH, STEP BY STEP, BY HIS LIGHT

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“Be encouraged. He will show you the way to go, step by step, as he illuminates just enough of the path ahead to keep you walking by faith and not be sight.”

Psalm 119:105Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

I have never been down an active mineshaft, but growing up in Johannesburg, South Africa, which is renowned for its gold mines, I know how dark it can be down a deep mineshaft if the lights go out. Some of these shafts are kilometres below the surface. It is impossible for any trace of sunlight to penetrate so deeply underground. The darkness here is thick and almost tangible. Therefore, miners have headlamps on their helmets. These headlamps are very powerful. Even so, due to the length of the mineshaft, when a miner turns his light on, the beam may only reach a few metres ahead of him. Even with his headlamp burning, the miner is unable to see far into the distance. However, he is able to see sufficiently far enough down the path ahead of him to navigate safely along the shaft, one step at a time.

Tracking the dark pathways of life requires that we see where we are going. However, as a Christian, I believe God does not always reveal the end of our path to us before we arrive there. His word is a headlamp to our feet, not a laser beam to our future. I’ve discovered that, as I trek my life’s path, God sufficiently illuminates my walk, one step at a time. It can, indeed, be most frustrating not knowing what will happen beyond the next bend, but that’s where faith comes in. Faith is confidence in things hoped for and being certain of life not yet seen. And faith pleases God – he rewards those who seek him by faith.

The word to you today is, God is in your future. He is there already, meeting your needs and preparing your pathway. You may not be able to see into tomorrow but, with his word is your headlamp, he will guide you along the way, step by step. Father loves you so much that, in his wisdom, he has chosen to reveal to you only what you need to see today, as you make your way along your life’s track. So, don’t worry about tomorrow. Jesus said that tomorrow has enough worries for itself. First seek his plans and his goodness, then everything you will ever need to reach the end of the road, will be given to you as well. Be encouraged. God will show you the way to go, step by step, as he illuminates just enough of the path ahead, to keep you walking by faith and not be sight.

God-tracking is walking your path, step by step, by his light

READ ALL ABOUT ITPsalm 73:23-24
Psalm 23:1-4
Hebrews 11:1
Hebrews 11:6
Matthew 6:33-34
2 Corinthians 5:7

DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

I trust your word to be my headlamp into the darkness

“Dear Father, thank you that you know my beginning from my end. Thank you that you are there already, in my tomorrow, making the way straight for me. Today I put my confidence in your plans and purposes for my life. I acknowledge you in all my ways and trust that you will make straight my paths. I commit my future to you and choose to walk by faith that you will illuminate my path one step at a time. Thank you for your word. I trust your word to be my headlamp into the darkness. Amen.”

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Friday, 17 August 2018

GOD-TRACKING IS STEPPING OVER INTO NEW TERRITORY, WITHOUT LOOKING BACK

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The e-devotional helping to keep you on-track with God’s plans for your life
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Isaiah 43:19

See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

“God’s word to you today, dear God Tracker is, God knows the plans he has for you and he is saving the best till last.”

“This is the Jordan river,” said Jan as she laid out a fine linen fabric across the length of the church in front of the podium. Jan had been invited as a guest speaker to our church. She is a gentle soul with a warm gentle demeanour. “Now, if you feel led by the Holy Spirit, please come forward and step over your Jordan River. Just like Joshua and the people of God when they crossed into the Promised Land, cross over today into God’s new purposes for you. He has a plan for you and he is doing a new thing. This is a new day. The point of no return.”

The first recorded miracle that Jesus performed was at a wedding in the town of Cana. Here he turned 35 litres of water into the finest wine, because the wedding hosts had run short of the beverage. The festivities had probably been going on for days. When the master of the feast tasted the new wine he said, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” The new wine that Jesus had produced was far superior to the wine made by human hands. The miraculous provision of God had saved the best for last.

God’s word to you today, dear God Tracker is, God knows the plans he has for you and he is saving the best till last. He is doing a new thing through his miraculous provision and guidance. You may think you have run out of resources, but he is your source and your resource; he who promised is faithful and he will do it. However, the new wine that Jesus gives needs to be stored in a new wineskin. Perhaps the Lord is calling you to leave the old land behind and step over that river, without looking back. Perhaps this is the point of no return! Only acknowledge the Lord in all your ways and keep your eyes fixed on Jesus.

God-tracking is stepping over into new territory, without looking back

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Joshua 3

John 2:1-11

Mark 2:21-22

Proverbs 3:5-6

Hebrews 12:2

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O Lord, I put my trust in you and I chose to step over my Jordan River into the promises of your good purposes, without looking back

“Father God, I put my trust squarely in your new purposes and plans for my life. I believe you’re opening a new door for me and have new prospects for me. Thank you that your Word promises good things; that you will never leave me nor forsake me and that you will meet all my needs according to your riches in Jesus. Today, O Lord, I put my trust in you and I chose to step over my Jordan River into the promises of your good new purposes, without looking back. Lord, help me to give up my old wineskins to have your new wine stored in new wineskins. Amen.”

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Friday, 27 July 2018

GOD-TRACKING IS KNOWING YOU’RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE

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“This calls for walking by faith and not by sight. You see, it’s not a fatalistic view on life, it’s a faith-realistic view on life… And that’s what God-tracking is all about.”

Proverbs 3:6In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

This email devotional is built on the premise that God has a plan and a purpose for every Christian believer. The scriptures are packed with words that confirm this fact. Listen:

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose (Romans 8:28).
I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfils his purpose for me (Psalm 57:2).
The Lord will fulfil his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures for ever. Do not forsake the work of your hands (Psalm 138:8).
In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved (Ephesians 1:4-6).
…who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began (2 Timothy 1:9).

The central theme verse on which this devotional is based is taken from Jeremiah, which reads, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” However, I would like to point out that it is indeed, God who knows the plans he has for us, but we don’t; not until he reveals his plans to us, that is. Therefore, we need to faithfully seek and track God’s plans and purposes throughout our lives. Hence the term, God-tracking.

In 1997 I had an experience in which God revealed to me that his purposes will always hold true in my life, provided I continue to remain on track with his plans. His plans may often take me to places I would never have dreamt were meant for me, but God showed me that, provided I acknowledge him in all my ways and keep my eyes fixed on Jesus, he would always direct my life’s track. This calls for walking by faith and not by sight. You see, it’s not a fatalistic view on life, it’s a faith-realistic view on life. It’s not saying, “What will be will be,” but rather, “His will be done!”

If you live this way, you will always find yourself walking squarely in the middle of God’s will for your life, including through the most challenging places. Acknowledging God in every area of life will cause you to always make the right choices. And even if you happen to make a wrong choice, because you’ve acknowledged God, he will nevertheless, direct your path.

And that’s what God-tracking is all about.

God-tracking is knowing you’re in the right place.

READ ALL ABOUT ITRomans 8:28Psalm 57:2Psalm 138:8Ephesians 1:4-62 Timothy 1:9Jeremiah 29:11Proverbs 3:62 Corinthians 5:7Hebrews 12:2

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Therefore, I step out in faith and declare that, at this moment that I believe I am precisely where you want me to be in life

“Dear Father God, I acknowledge you in every part of my life: in my work, in my play, in my church, in my finances, in my relationships, in my ambitions, in my hopes, in my desires, in my failures, in my successes and in the very place of life I find myself in today. And I choose to fix my eyes on Jesus, my example of a life of faith. I know you have a wonderful plan for me. I know you have a wonderful future for me, filled with hope and success. Therefore, I step out in faith and declare that, at this moment that I believe I am precisely where you want me to be in life, and I will track your plans and purposes every step of the way. Amen.”

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What is GodTracker? GodTracker is a weekly e-mail devotional based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith.

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