The moment Christian hit his senior year in high school, the brochures started arriving. Those from small colleges listed a few majors. Others rivaled War and Peace in length. The most memorable one came from a pharmaceutical school: it was shaped like a large pill bottle complete with warnings about potential side effects:
May result in a successful career
Complications could include high income
Can lead to a career with job security
This creative marketing approach underscored how pivotal such crossroads in life can be: Which college should I attend? Should we buy a new house? What job offer makes the most sense? Is this the right person to marry?
King Solomon, who wrote most of the book of Proverbs, was known for one thing above all others: “God gave Solomon very great wisdom and understanding, and knowledge as vast as the sands of the seashore. In fact, his wisdom exceeded that of all the wise men of the East and the wise men of Egypt” (1 Kings 4:29–30). In light of Solomon’s “very great wisdom,” I find comfort in his statement that when we trust God rather than simply relying on what makes sense to us and when we honestly want to do God’s will, He will indeed show us the path to take.
Life for the believer is not a tightrope walk off a threatening precipice and across a deep canyon. Instead, we can journey confidently and step-by-step with our loving Father as a guide. After all, He wants to show us His will even more than we want to see it.
Your Good Shepherd longs to make His will known to you. Just ask.
Five Minutes in the Word 
Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.
Proverbs 3:5–6
Lead me in the right path, O LORD, or my enemies will conquer me. Make your way plain for me to follow.
Psalm 5:8
Show me the right path, O LORD; point out the road for me to follow.
Psalm 25:4
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13 NIV
In Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”
1 Peter 2:6 NIV