Monday, June 4, 2012

His Will? Your Will? Which Will?

Proverbs 16:1, 3, 33 1 We can make our own plans, but the LORD gives the right answer.
3 Commit your actions to the LORD
    and your plans will succeed.
33 We may throw the dice,
     but the LORD determines how they fall.

Given recent circumstances, I feel like these verses--really the whole chapter--hit home. With the need to make some really big decisions very soon, I've been feeling pressed on every side, and not very knowledgeably about how to make the right decision. I've been seeking the LORD for wisdom but have seem to come against a brick wall. Reading these verses got me thinking... I can make all the plans in the world about how to execute my dreams but at the end of the day, God will always have the right answer.

"Commit your actions to the LORD and your plans will succeed." God is saying, "commit what you do to Me, and I will cause you to succeed." But why is He saying that? Personally, I think it's because once we are "in Him," what we are committed to doing falls in line with what His will is! And not only that, we may even choose to go different routes to get to our end goal, but God says, "no matter which way you go, I'm still causing you to end up at 'this' expected end." If you can keep up with me, it's like no matter what I do, I'll still be in His will. But not necessarily "no matter what," I know what God loves, and I know what He despises, so I DARE NOT do anything that I know he hates. What I'm saying is, if I roll the dice 3 times, each time it will still land on the side God desires it to land...  if I continue to commit my ways to Him.

You know what I mean? His desires become my desires. His thoughts become my thoughts. His ways are now my ways. He gives me thoughts and ideas about what my future can be. It's not even really my job to "make" it happen. My job is to just be available to Him and be ready for whenever He opens up a door!

Kamaria

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