Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make straight/direct your paths. Prov. 3:5,6
I have always been blessed by the third chapter of Proverbs and these two verses have an important message for us, namely, we’re not supposed to be directing our own lives.
God has a perfect plan for each of our lives, which has been drawn up in eternity and that’s the plan we need to seek and live out. Joseph had his dreams and was soon kidnapped and sold into slavery by his own brothers. Ended up running Potiphar’s house and then wrongly imprisoned in an Egyptian jail and yet he was right where God wanted him;
So then, it was not you(his brothers)who sent me here, BUT GOD. He made me father to pharaoh, Lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt(God’s eyes are on His goal for our lives, we tend to be absorbed with the present). Gen 45:8
King David was anointed by Samuel to be the second king of all Israel, but he spent many years fleeing for his life from Saul and fighting the Philistines.
Yet as surely as the Lord lives and as you(Jonathan)live, there is only a step between me and death. 1 Sam 20:3
We can choose to cooperate and look for Heaven’s guidance in our own lives. There’s a story of someone in a strange city and they knew a Christian couple lived there but had no idea where. They prayed for guidance before they left the place they were staying and as they walked along the street they felt to cross to the other side and there was the couple they wanted to meet, ONLY GOD!
‘Lord help me/us to be in the right place at the right time today’ is a good prayer to pray each day and only takes a moment.
‘… then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – His good, pleasing and perfect will’. Rom 12:2
There are different levels of God’s will for our lives and we want His ‘perfect will’. Take some time to pray and commit yourself to God’s plan for our lives today. It will bring peace and security in the days ahead, to know we are in His will and plan for our lives. Joseph and David had to endure many trials but ‘God was faithful’ to them and no less to us today in our time.
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Honour the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing and your vats will brim over with new wine. Prov 3:9,10