UCB Word For Today 27 June 2026 (Saturday Daily Devotional Message)
Read UCB Word For Today 27 June 2026 Daily Devotional by United Christian Broadcasters.
TOPIC: Spiritual Pathways (2)
‘Make me walk in the path of Your commandments.’
Psalm 119:35 NKJV
The relational pathway. People who follow the relational pathway find that they have a deep sense of God’s presence when they are involved in significant relationships. Jesus’ words, ‘For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them’ (Matthew 18:20 NKJV), makes perfect sense to the relational type. If you are on the relational pathway, you may feel guilty when you hear other people speak of long periods of solitude with God and think: ‘Solitude wouldn’t be so bad if I could just bring a bunch of other people along.’
You have often experienced key spiritual moments, such as being convicted of sin or being encouraged to persevere, as God speaks to you through other people. You are much more apt to practise prayer or acts of servanthood when you can do it in a relational context. When you are on the relational pathway, you tend to hear God speak to you more in a conversation than from a book. And you stagnate spiritually to the degree that you feel isolated.
But there are two dangers you must guard against. One is superficiality – getting spread so thin relationally that no one gets past your external self to know you and love you and challenge you deeply. The second is becoming so dependent on the thoughts and counsel of others that you don’t develop the sensitivity and ability to hear God for yourself. ‘Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left’ (Isaiah 30:21 NKJV).
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