Thoughts for another day
May 18, 2010
Today's verse: Pro. 16:3. Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. (NIV – copyright acknowledged)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)
All of us make plans in our lives. We need to do that because we put some order in our lives thus. But are our plans okay? Are they going to bring us peace in life at a later stage? Are they good for us and our family? These are some of the things we seldom dwell on when we make them. They are in, what one might say, our sub-conscious and don’t overtly occupy our minds when we sit on the drawing board etching out the plans. We usually seek people’s advice and use our own discretion and commit our resources and time in trying to make them succeed. What is to happen with our plans, we hardly know for the results of our planning can only be seen in the future.
So in this perspective, how many times do we talk to God about our plans and seek His counsel and ask for His special anointing on our strategies? Rarely do we do that. It’s not only with the common folk, but with us also who profess closeness to God; maybe I shouldn’t talk about others but at least with me, I’ve planned without God’s directives and come up a cropper. Yet, I’ve noticed that He has helped me beyond what I could imagine, even when I carried the sin of not consulting Him! How much more were I to consult and inquire of Him.
Our Scripture today is an advice from the particular writer of the Book of Proverbs asking us to commit our ways to the Lord and thus will the Lord ensure their success. Truly, God does want to be part of our lives and an integral part of whatever we plan to do. He loves to work for us and see us happy and He is willing to flood us with His Grace and His might; only we need to trust Him and entrust our plans to Him. Are we willing to do that?
May 18, 2010
Today's verse: Pro. 16:3. Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. (NIV – copyright acknowledged)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)
All of us make plans in our lives. We need to do that because we put some order in our lives thus. But are our plans okay? Are they going to bring us peace in life at a later stage? Are they good for us and our family? These are some of the things we seldom dwell on when we make them. They are in, what one might say, our sub-conscious and don’t overtly occupy our minds when we sit on the drawing board etching out the plans. We usually seek people’s advice and use our own discretion and commit our resources and time in trying to make them succeed. What is to happen with our plans, we hardly know for the results of our planning can only be seen in the future.
So in this perspective, how many times do we talk to God about our plans and seek His counsel and ask for His special anointing on our strategies? Rarely do we do that. It’s not only with the common folk, but with us also who profess closeness to God; maybe I shouldn’t talk about others but at least with me, I’ve planned without God’s directives and come up a cropper. Yet, I’ve noticed that He has helped me beyond what I could imagine, even when I carried the sin of not consulting Him! How much more were I to consult and inquire of Him.
Our Scripture today is an advice from the particular writer of the Book of Proverbs asking us to commit our ways to the Lord and thus will the Lord ensure their success. Truly, God does want to be part of our lives and an integral part of whatever we plan to do. He loves to work for us and see us happy and He is willing to flood us with His Grace and His might; only we need to trust Him and entrust our plans to Him. Are we willing to do that?
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