The Bible tells us to wait on
God and to be led by His Spirit (Proverbs
3:5-6; Romans 8:9). If you want to walk in God's
will, then wait on the Lord to tell you what to do and when to do it (Proverbs 3:5-6).
Follow His perfect peace within your spirit. Do not make decisions out of fear,
but out of faith and obedience. If you do not feel the Spirit prompting you to
do something in particular, and you do it anyway, you are operating out of fear
or presumption, and you may miss God's perfect will for your life. We do not have to sit idle, but we seek God's will for each day.
Get your advice from
the Bible, not from people! People can confirm to us what God already spoke to
us from His Word, but do not rely on anyone but God to tell you what to do.
Ahithophel is a good example to show us why we cannot always trust a person’s
advice. He started out as King David’s advisor and he had the reputation of
someone who could hear from God (2 Samuel 16:23). However, he turned against King David because of David’s mistreatment
of his granddaughter Bathsheba and her husband.
We never know the reasons behind someone’s advice. They may
have self-centered motives or misguided, worldly considerations. Paul commended
the Bereans for being noble, because they searched the scriptures daily to
prove if the words the preachers were expounding were God’s Words (Acts
17:11). Rather than following the direction of our circumstances,
or some advice that is not based on scripture, we only follow God’s peace
within us (Philippians 4:7). That is how Jesus lived. He
only did what He saw and heard our Father doing (John 5:19).
The reason you have insecurity
or confusion, and no peace about some decisions in your life at this time, is
because God is not telling you to do it right now. You keep trying to summons
the energy to do it, but you only feel conflict within. That is humanistic
thinking. So, relinquish the decision to the Lord. Wait on the Lord's peace and
just enjoy His presence until then. Never forget that God has a perfect plan
for our life. We thwart His purpose when we independently make our own choices.
We only succeed as we submit to His will (Proverbs
3:5-6).
You may repeatedly go to God
for an answer and He remains silent. That means that you do not need that
answer right now, so He is there just to hang out with you. Words are not
always necessary when friends get together. Sitting in companionable silence
with us is something God loves to do. You do not need to speak either. Just sit
in His presence, allow His love to flow over you like a waterfall and enjoy being
still. God will direct you to accomplish His purposes in your life in His
timing and way (Isaiah 55:11).
Prayer:
Father God, as we walk in Your
Spirit, our decisions are not based on the desires of our flesh, but on Your
will for our life (Galatians 5:16, 25). As you lead us by Your Spirit, we do not fulfill the
works of our flesh, but we walk by Your Spirit and reap the fruit of
righteousness (Isaiah 32:17-18). Please strengthen us by Your Spirit and teach us to
walk in Your ways (Ephesians 3:16, 5:18). We hinder You by our humanistic efforts, so teach us to
walk by Your Spirit and to wait on Your timing.
Thought for the Day:
As long as we live in surrender to God’s Spirit, we
will walk in God’s will.
