Hinds' Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard
Week 8: Detours and Delays — Surrendering the Timeline
Read the devotional meditations on the unexpected detours and lengthened path of Much-Afraid's journey. Key Scripture: Proverbs 16:9; Ecclesiastes 3:1, 11.
Previewing Week 8 of Hinds' Feet on High Places
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Much-Afraid expected a straight line to the High Places; instead, the Shepherd keeps leading her around unexpected bends and through places she never planned to visit. This week we wrestle with the hardest surrender of all: God's timing.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Much-Afraid's journey takes far longer than she imagined, with detours she did not plan for. What does the length and difficulty of the journey reveal about what God is actually after — and how different is that from what we are usually after?
2.Proverbs 16:9 says, 'A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.' Where in your own life are you most aware of the tension between your plans and God's direction? How do you navigate that tension without either passivity or control?
3.Ecclesiastes 3:11 says God 'has made everything beautiful in its time.' How does trusting that promise change the way we experience seasons of waiting, delay, or apparent dead-ends?
a.Can you identify a detour in your past that you now recognize as essential to where God was taking you?
b.Is there a current 'detour' in your life that you are still struggling to trust? How does Ecclesiastes 3:11 speak to it?