How nice it would be, if the Lord Himself gave us specific directions on how to proceed with our life on a day by day basis? But guess What? That is exactly what the Lord wants for each of His children. These days, we have so many advanced technologies to give us directions to get anywhere we want to go, why can't God?Well, His word talks about divine direction. God has a road map for each and every one of us. God knows exactly where He wants to take us. He knows the minute details of our life. He has the blue print for our whole life already before Him. We do not have to ask him to make a new plan for our lives. All we have to do it just fit into His plans for our lives. The Word of God declares in Jeremiah 29:11, ' For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope'. To get to the bigger picture, our God goes step by step. Though He knows the end from the beginning, He sees the whole parade at once, He does not tell you the destination right away. All He wants to tell you is one step at a time. And the Lord God Almighty orders each step. Pick up your foot and let God put it where He wants it to go.
Steps are ordered:
The word that is mentioned in the Bible is ordered just like the way you order your food in a restaurant. You order as much as you can eat. In the same way, God orders our steps and steps that we are able to take. God's word says, 'He orders every step'. The steps of a righteous man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way (Ps 37:23).
Have you noticed the way we plan things in our life. Most of them do not happen at all. Sometime people are concerned about things that may not even come to pass. Still there are some who spend half of their time in just worrying about things that are irrelevant? The Bible says, 'A man's heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps (Pro 16:9). Notice the word 'step'. Our God directs our steps.
Paths are directed:
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths (Pro 3:5). The key to unlocking God's direction is by acknowledging Him in all our ways.
How to turn on God's GPS:
1. Pray:
Look at the prayer of David, a man after God's own heart. David was a king but yet He had the time to pray to the Lord God Almighty to show him His ways and teach him His paths. 'Show me your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths' (Ps 25:4). Direct my steps by Your Word (Ps 119:136). Take God at His word when you pray. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with my eye (Ps 32:8). Tell Him, 'Lord Jesus, I am here to ask for your directions in my life'. I do not want to go in my path but take me in Your ways, Lord. You will soon see God coming through.
2. Word of God:
God's word is the lamp unto your feet and a light to your path (Ps 119:105). After you have prayed, do not expect a prophet to come out, and put his hand on you give you a specific direction. That is not always the way God wants to work. Expect God to reveal things from His heart to yours. He wants you to know His ways from His word. So while you are going through the Word of God, listen to the Holy Spirit for revelation from the word Write down the impressions and ideas He gives you. Let the truth He reveals to you settle in and begin to work in you.
3. Listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit:
The thing that we need to learn is patience. We cannot hurry God into anything. The Bible calls it waiting. There is something called waiting upon the Lord that is so important in our spiritual walk. The Holy Spirit talks in a still small voice right in your heart. He loves to talk to us. When our heart is in the right place, we sure will hear Him speak to us. Isaiah 30:21 says, 'Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it." Whether you turn to the right or turn to the left". Jesus in John 10:27 says, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” We need to fine tune our spiritual ears all the time so that we can hear Him.
God has given us a GPS, we just need to use it.
Grace and Peace
Grace and Peace
Personal experience has taught me that one of the greatest hurdles we face in discovering God’s will in our lives is our unwillingness to obey. We often focus on the talents we lack, the money or time we do not have, or the size of the task God puts before us. We then convince ourselves that God can’t be asking us to do what ever it is. We forget that our God wrote the Laws of Physics and He is therefore not bound by them.
ReplyDeleteIn Joshua chapter 10, as Joshua is pursing the armies of the five Amorite kings and realizes he does not have time to destroy them before sundown. At this point it is impossible for Joshua to complete the task God gave him, so does he pack his bags and go home? No! Joshua, one of the only two men in Israel who had the courage to take the land forty years prior, asks God to stop the sun. God then alters the flow of the Universe so that His will can be accomplished through Joshua.
In Matthew 10:1-16 when Jesus sends out His disciples to spread the gospel, He commands them to go forth empty handed. Any rational human being would insist that these men should not venture forth because they do not have enough clothing, food or money to complete their task. So, how many of His disciples starved or went naked? None!
Jesus said, “Do not be worried saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or “What will were wear for clothing?’” Logically this sounds crazy, but He gives us the way to find provision when He says a couple verses latter, “Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and these thing will be added to you.” Learn from Peter! Do not look down, just focus on Jesus and walk across the water!
I totally agree with you. The important thing to know is that we are listening to God, and not our own flesh. God will never put us in a place where His grace is not sufficient for what He asked us to do.
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