Order My Steps

Confusion, confusion, there’s lots of confusion in the world today. There are a lot of people who seem to live in a constant state of disarray, confusion and no boundaries. Structure is not a part of their daily routine. “Fly by the seat of their pants” is how they live in that they don’t use progressive well thought out plans to govern their life’s choices.
As you look back to different situations in your life did you encounter people who hadn’t seemed to work with a plan in mind? Organization didn’t show up most of the time and order totally lost its way. The steps taken often landed on shaky ground and the foot could slip at any given monument. There were times when there were holes you fell into because others failed to build a bridge or provide a covering to avoid the pitfall. Many times this took place because things were done out of order.
How do we get back to ordering our lives? If we look at order biblically it tells us in I Corinthians 14:33 (NASB) “33 for God is not a God of confusion but peace, as in all the churches of the saints.” Peace is a result or product of living with ordered steps. Confusion makes your steps unsure and hazardly. Looking for peace? Order your steps! I Corinthians 14:40 says” 40 But all things must be done properly and in an orderly manner.”
Order allows you to come and go properly in sequential order. When you take life out of order, it doesn’t give you much to look for when you’ve done things before their time. A classic example of misguided order is teen pregrnancy. They skip marriage, relationships, youth and developmental processes, needed to give them a semblance of clarity for a full life. They propel themselves into adult responsibilities before they are mature enough to know the vastness of life itself. If they would have done life properly and in an orderly manner, then life would not have become so overwhelming. Their out of order sequence caused them to function in an off -beat rhythm. That’s how their life became unbalanced.
To restore your balance you will need to order your steps by living in a proper manner. Living the stages of life the way they were intended to be lived according to the Word of God. Find ways to live among people with the least amount of friction establishing a good reputation, character, honesty and integrity. Do what is right for you and others so that when you lay your head down at night you will rest in peace. Put your business affairs in order and keep them current. Owe as little as possible to man but owe your life and how you live it to God.
Ordering your steps requires intentional effort and lots of energy. Once you have spent that energy you will find that you will be renewed again and again to walk in God’s ordered steps.
“We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.” Proverbs 16:9