Charted

What is Charted?

Like a master surveyor, Jesus gives us clear directions to find a fulfilling, purpose-filled relationship with Himself - a map to the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Charted is a daily devotional written by the junior class at Fountainview Academy (Class of 2019). Based on the book Steps to Christ, this book explores the path to the Originator and Provider of Genuine Joy. We don't have to be confused about the way. The certainty is in the journey: divinely Charted.

If we take counsel with our doubts and fears, or try to solve everything
that we cannot see clearly… perplexities will only increase and deepen.
But if we come to God, feeling helpless and dependent, as we really
are, and in humble, trusting faith make known our wants to Him whose
knowledge is infinite… He can and will attend to our cry, and will let
light shine into our hearts... We may not feel His visible touch, but His
hand is upon us in love and pitying tenderness. – Steps to Christ, pg. 96
September 2017: I was in the deepest hole I have ever been
in, and Bailey came to pull me out. But she was being helped by
Someone else—Someone I did not want to recognize: God. I knew
Bailey was seeking help from her Friend in order to help me. I didn’t
want either of their help; I wanted to get out of the hole on my own, yet
they didn’t give up on me.
At first, I was blind to my need; but I soon began to realize
that I needed help, so I asked Bailey. But I was still neglecting my true
Source of help. I refused to ask Him since I thought He was the source
of my problems and wasn’t willing to listen or answer my prayers.
Bailey and I started going to the gym every day, and after
every session of exercise, we would pray—actually, she would pray.
At first, I refused to pray, and I would block my ears when she prayed.
But after a couple of days of the same routine, she decided that it was
my turn to pray. Of course, I said no, but she told me I should even if I
didn’t want to. So I did, just to please her.
Suddenly, as prayed more, I started to see a difference. I
began to force myself to earnestly pray every morning and night, and
after a while, I didn’t have to force myself anymore; it came naturally.
However, this does not mean that I don’t struggle anymore. Life is
not easy all the time, but now I know I will always have God’s help
no matter what. I also have good friends to lift me up, like Hana and
Bailey. Through communication with Him, the darkness left me, and
once more His light filtered in. I had finally found the missing key from
the key chain of my life: prayer. “Why should the sons and daughters
of God be reluctant to pray, when prayer is the key in the hand of faith
to unlock heaven’s storehouse, where are treasured the boundless
resources of Omnipotence?” (Steps to Christ, pp. 94-95).