December 19, 2025 – Puzzled By Life

Puzzled By Life
December 19, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Proverbs 19:21
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

     Our family used to like to put together puzzles. It seemed as though there was always a puzzle on the table. Most everyone in the family would stop by, look for a few pieces, and then place the pieces they found where they needed to be.

     Sometimes we would find a few pieces that went together, but we could not see where they belonged in the puzzle. These pieces would sit beside the puzzle, connected together, until we found their home.

     On occasion, we would lose a piece. How discouraging it was to complete a puzzle, only to find one piece was missing. Later, when we found a puzzle piece around the house, we would try to figure out which puzzle it went with. The only way we could know is if we had seen the completed puzzle. Otherwise, it is just a colored, funny-shaped piece of cardboard.

     Our lives are much like these puzzles. We want to believe we have things all figured out when, truthfully, we are all simply a piece of a much bigger picture. Only God, who has seen the whole plan together, can know how our life fits with the lives of others. He has already seen the completed puzzle. We might try to fit in here or there, but without God’s guidance, we are just a piece out of place. Occasionally, we will find a few others and realize we fit comfortably together with them. Yet we are still not the entire puzzle, but only a section of the picture that only God has seen. How can we possibly fit into life’s puzzle? Since only God knows, we need to follow His guidance and leading as He places each of us where we belong.

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

     Some may be thinking, “I do not seem to fit anywhere.” We had those puzzle pieces, too. The ones we tried but did not fit, so we set them aside and kept looking for their place. We knew they had to fit somewhere. When we found their place, it seemed as if those pieces were extra special, as they made the entire picture complete. You do fit. We all fit into God’s plan. “The counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.”

Do you sence you have found your place in God’s Puzzle of Life?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage and today’s Devotion?

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to ACCept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  December 19, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
Zechariah 10-12 / Psalm 138
Proverbs 19 / Revelations 3

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Micah 5-7  /  Revelation 10-11