To Lead, Provide, And Protect

0:00I I teach you. Hey, there! to my podcast animated face. In today's episode, if you could tell by that's audio, you just

1:03heard that was a clip from a scene from Disney's Peter Pan, which today's episode is in reference to that audio you just heard. Today's episode is part of season 2, part 2, tune in to melody. And today's episode is called to lead, provide, and protect. In that scene, John, Michael, and the lost boys were heading towards a new place. And all the lost boys and Michael, his brother, were following him as their leader, because Peter Pan made John the leader.

2:04They sang of, we're following the leader wherever he may go. Genesis 121 says, the Lord had said to Abraham, leave your native country, your relatives, and your father's family, and go to the land that I will show you. When you step into something new or go to some place that is new and different, it may feel exciting, or it may feel nerve-wracking. You may even feel both excited and intimidated at the same time. Especially when you leave something behind that you've known, or leave a certain place behind that has always been familiar to you. As you walk towards new things in your life, things you've never done before, places you've never been before, someone you've never met before. You may be a little hesitant about what to expect. Before you venture out into the brand new things in your life, it's important to have a lead, to have someone as a leader, a helper,

3:04someone they are advising you on wherever you wander, left or right, and those times that you don't know what to do where to go. A leader will help guide you in the way you should walk. If you try to lead your own life about where you will walk, where you won't, what you should do, what you shouldn't do. Sometimes, as you're going along the path for your life, you could wander onto another path that isn't a part of the plan and purpose God has for you. Plans for hope and a future are by following the path that leads you to the way, the truth, and the life. If you make God the leader of your life and follow wherever he shows you to walk, even if the way before you is new, different, and unfamiliar, it won't feel as intimidating with him who is always by your side. You will not be shaken for he is right beside you, following the leading of the Lord wherever you walk in your life. He is your good shepherd to provide to guide and to protect

4:12you wherever you may go. If you're following after his lead, then you won't end up lost, like lost boy. So, are you following the Lord wherever he may go? It may not be where you want to go, or what you expect it to be, but the Lord is your shepherd who will lead and guide you along the right path for your life, even if you go somewhere that he shows you to go, and it's unfamiliar, uncertain, or little intimidating to you. As he walks through this land, this place, this season, this situation, the darkest valleys of your life do not fear, forgot his with you, and his rod and staff will protect and comfort you as you make him the leader of your life and follow his lead. The word of God will be a lamp to your feet and a light to your path. In life, you make many plans for this and that, where you will go and where you will stay, what you will do or won't do, but

5:12the Lord's plan and purpose will prevail. If you follow the leader, the leader, the leader, and keep following wherever he may go, you do not need to worry about what surrounds you and takes you by surprise. Walk by faith, trust, and shake the dust from your feet. Where can you go from him, where he will not also be there with you? For if God is for you, then who can be against you? Step by faith. Lord, our shepherd, help us to trust your call. Step out in faith and follow you wherever you may lead us to go. Amen. Thank you so much, as always, for tuning in. I appreciate it. You listening in on today's episode and my podcast in general animated faith, I very much

6:20appreciate you tuning in and listening. As always, I will have the verses for thought, my email and today's step by faith in the show notes of each episode and today's episode again called to leave, provide, and protect. In reference to Disney's Peter Pan that would be year. I believe I have that pulled up here. In reference, I also want to be clear that this reference is for Disney's Peter Pan 1953, the movie from 1953. Tune in to the next episode of Partist Season 2 Part 2, Tune in to Melody, and I will catch you there

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