DO YOU SEEK THE FACE OF GOD BEFORE YOU MAKE A MOVE??? That is the question of the day.
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And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. Isaiah 30:21
Now let's take a minute
to think about this......from the moment you made God the Lord of your life, which meant HIM being your first point of contact, can you genuinely recollect the number of times you waited on God to give you the go ahead before you made a move?
Many are the decisions we make each day of our lives but when you think about it, we hardly hear from God before we make decisions........this shows how impatient we are as God's people. And our 'fast - track' generation doesn't help matters either. We have become a generation of 'fast-foods', 'immediate transactions', 'short-cuts', we are always on the move and so eager to get things done we fail to ask God first. And when things start going wrong, we ask God why? If God's word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path(Psalm 119:105, then surely His say-so should be our guide before we take a step forward.
I can recollect the number of times in this year alone that certain decisions I've made have costed me dearly due to the fact that I made them without consulting God. Decisions that have costed me emotions, money, time, my energy and even relationships......Now I look back and I think to myself, if only I had spoken to God first. ....He would have given me a clear direction or guide and I would have avoided myself the pain and the lose.
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Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. Jeremiah 33:3
WOW! Like really??? Yes really! When we ask our Father to reveal to us the way to utilise the plans we have set out, He surely will and even reveal the 'pot-holes' to avoid on the way. As this Word came to me today, I thought hard about it and my conversation with the Holy Spirit was as follows:
Me: But I do sometimes ask You for directions when I'm lost....like for instance in a traffic and You do show me the way out.
HOLY SPIRIT: 'Sometimes', 'when you're lost'. How about asking me FIRST before you set out? How about ALWAYS asking me for directions NOT just for driving but for EVERY area of your life before you make a move?
This certainly lead me to a heart of repentance and I said a prayer for God to forgive me and give me a teachable Spirit that will always seek HIM first before doing anything. God requires total dependants on Him for our everyday lives. We can do that by trusting in Him and having the faith that He knows what's best for us and will never let us be put to shame.
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But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” Luke 11:28
Jesus – “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me. John 5:30
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. John 10:27
Have a blessed day as you think about these words.
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