21 Days To Connect: Anchoring Your College LifeSample

Remember you were not meant to live your life as a believer all by yourself. If we don’t listen to others it is very likely that our plans will fail. We are champions at convincing ourselves that nobody knows us better than ourselves. But the truth is that we need advisers to help us navigate the way forward in life. Hopefully you had a good family life and your father and mother can still serve in that role. But even if they were not good role models, we still can allow others to advise us in areas where we lack the expertise to make wise decisions. What brings immediate joy may not be the best things in life. Thus the writer of the Proverb reminds us that one who has understanding walks a straight path. Where has the Lord directed you this week? Hopefully you are developing a group of spiritual advisers including peers in community, older and more experienced teachers, and a church family to help you discern and stay on that straight path!

“Lord I want to honor my father and mother by walking in your ways today. Help me find advisers that will speak truth into my life and help me walk the straight path. Help me take a long view of my college experience rather than what brings me temporary pleasure.”