Wednesday the 10th

Proverbs 16: ³ Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.

 

Commit to the Lord whatever you do. This scripture is fairly straight forward, it seems easy enough. However what we tend to do is commit our plan to the Lord so He can establish our will. Lord, let me get this raise, Lord let me get this promotion, Lord let my relationships work out. The scripture reads commit what we do, not what we want. That is the cycle that is so hard to break. I have heard many people form lay people up to Pastors tell folks, “if that is what you want then pray for it.” We do each other a disservice when we give that advice. We don’t pray for it, we pray about it. We don’t demand that God fulfill our dreams, we ask that our dreams align with the will of God. I bring this up because I hear time and time again “why would God not give me this” or “why would God not allow this to happen” It becomes a huge stumbling block to many people’s faith. As a result they start to feel that they are serving a God that does not care about their happiness. God does not see what man sees. We see the outside, God looks to the inside. He does care about you, He does love you, however, we are here to serve Him, not the other way around. If you want your plans to be become established, if you want to move form the phase of dreaming about things happening, to the dream building phase, you have to commit, not what you want, but what you do to the Lord. God is the planner, we are the labor. The Lord will give you all the building materials that you need to get His plan moving, but you have to commit that action to the Lord. As I often say. It starts as soon as you open your eyes, who are you going to live for today? Who are you going to serve? If that answer is the Lord, then expect to start breaking ground today. When we spend our time living for others, helping others, building up others, you can rest assured that God is working to establish your plans. I hear a lot of people say well I know a lot of people who commit nothing to the Lord, yet their plans are fulfilled, and established. TO that I would say, I know a lot of people who live on junk food, and they are doing ok….for now. I know a lot of people who only worry about themselves and they are doing ok…..right this second. Know that people around you will lie, they will steal, and they will commit nothing to the Lord, and they will be successful…..for a time. But the person who lives on Junk food, will learn to live with stomach pains, they will become overweight, and unhealthy. The selfish will be fine until they have to rely on others, and they will find themselves alone, unable to continue forward. Those who do not want to commit to the Lord, eventually they will need the Lord to intervene, they will need His help, and when that time comes. Like any good parent, the Lord will let those people fail. Established plans are plans that do not change, they do not falter, they do not fade. These are the plans established by God in the lives of those that commit what they do. They are the plans that are established in the lives of those who commit everything they do to the Lord. Those plans will carry you not only through this lifetime, but well into Eternity. And Eternity, is the plan we all want established.

 

 

God Bless,

Brian Thetford

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