without guidance, the people perish

You've been walking for days...staggering and limping...trying hard not to fall behind schedule. Your heart is racing, not knowing what to expect the moment you reach that goal...but then, when you look ahead...all you see are miles and miles of road left to be trekked. You look for signs and shortcuts...but the harder you look, the more disappointed you become. At the height of exhaustion, you stop and try to remember how it all started. What made you walk the road you're trekking? What motivated you to pursue something that seems impossible to end? Why is this happening?

When people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild. But whoever obeys the law is joyful. (Proverbs 29:18, NLT) 

I love the way it was translated in that particular version. If you are a believer, and you are doing something that was not divinely guided, then you are running wild...that will ultimately consume you. You'll go tired, weary and burned out. Hopefully, before you crash and burn, you'll have enough sense to evaluate yourself and see if there is something you need to change in the way you are doing things. If you are developing a negative character during your long haul, then I suggest you let the Holy Spirit confront you and not resist.

Same thing goes for organizations...if an organization that was ultimately built for ministering to people and has the vision of reaching people for Christ will let go of their core values, then they will run wild. That frightening kind of shift will only occur if people in leadership are doubting the very same foundation that they signed up for  in the first place. If left unchecked, that seed of doubt will affect every people in the organization. It may not be communicated verbally, but people are not dumb...tension will be felt...factions will be passively set...irritations will rise...then good communication between leaders and workers will  falter and ultimately become a myth for the organization. Sad as it may seem...but that is the truth. One thing remains to be done...

PAINFUL CHANGE

Spiritual therapy and emotional deconstruction. It will involve a series of painful sessions where in you need to honestly evaluate yourself and the tendencies of your old sin nature and how these things contributed to the mess you are currently in. You will have to knock down your arrogant perception of yourself and accept the reality of your weaknesses. You will have to shift from egotistic self confidence to Spiritual Self Esteem. You have to renovate your mind and renew your thinking. Everything you used to do will be set aside and needs some honest evaluation.

Once you finish your spiritual therapy with God, you're ready to get back on track or double back if needed. Either way, your willingness to be on that journey will be unparalleled. You are dead sure that, even if you can't see the end of the road, that's where God wants you.