Ask and keep on asking.. all the way through.
Through what? All the way through what you're going through. What we as a nation have been going through.
Why would we not ask or inquire of the Lord for His direction in the new year?
Great idea for all. Pray, ask seek, knock. Let's be like the Bereans and prove all things against what's so.
We have "some knowledge" about what's really so today perhaps, but we haven't arrived yet. There is more to learn. We don't ask when we think we already know. Ever felt like a know it all? Ever thought for sure you knew what was so and then it turned out not to be so? So much fake news out there today.. packaged like it's bona fide and true.
Are you already in the know ..all the way? Are you already wise in your own eyes, if not wise enough, then simply ask for wisdom and guidance. Ask for knowledge from the Word too. Ask for the specifics regarding His path for you.
Sometimes we don't ask because we fear that God is going to give us an answer we really don't want to hear.
King David kept inquiring of God in God's terms until he heard. King Saul briefly asked on his own terms because he was living in disobedience and God didn't respond to him so Saul went to a witch, the sorceress at Endor.
Many people are into the new age movement today and into psychics and horoscopes today because they are fearful and feel that God can't hear them. Perhaps it’s because they too have first come to God on their own terms.. briefly ..living in disobedience how they feel like, and their sin blocks their communication. Repent, come on His (biblical) terms.
When we take the wrong path because we don't ask then God doesn't give up on his children.
Go to Him on His term, not on yours. God has as many possibilities as there are messes in this world gone sideways. Ask.. hear clearly, seek n see, knock n go through the right place at the right time.
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.” Ecclesiastes 3:11
Like me ..have you ever been totally determined to do a certain thing, to undertake a certain project, to marry a certain person, or to pursue a certain career..... and then God completely redirected you?
Be not self-confident instead of putting your confidence in the Lord. Why put confidence in your own abilities or in your flesh independently from the Word?
Peter tried that. I will never forsake you, Jesus! He did.
"Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord [with reverent awe and obedience and turn entirely away from evil." Proverbs 3:7 amp
There are many ways the Lord leads us today. Of course it would be nice if we could wake up every morning with a little heavenly dispatch on our iPads or at our doors, giving us our specific itineraries for the particular day:
I would like it to include all the problems, trials, and challenges that I will be facing that day. I would like it to include all the questions I will be asked by others so I can be prepared.
The Lord has never given me that iPad itinerary. He’s never led me or anyone in such a way, but I have found that divine guidance comes as a result of biblically taking steps of faith.
Ask and keep on asking. Sometimes there are ways the Lord will show us that we are out of His will. The Spirit convicts me at times and I need to repent. One of those ways is a lack of peace to rule like an umpire over my game so to speak. The Bible tells us, “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts” (Colossians 3:15). But peace is only one piece of the pie if ya will -- depend upon Christ.
Maybe you can think of certain situations, perhaps a business relationship you were getting involved in, or another kind of relationship, or a place you were going to, and there was a sudden lack of peace inside—almost like a spiritual agitation deep inside of you. That might have been the the Prince of Peace, your Lord saying no, don’t go that way. I’ve got a better plan for you. Ask and keep on asking -- go back to him again and again for the detail regarding His will.
There may be times when God directs you differently than the way you intended to go. Ever acted presumptuously before. I have and I thought I was walking in faith.
God not only has His will, but He also has His timing for every situation in your life. Therefore, we want to make sure that we are in the will of God and are moving according to the timing of God as well. Let’s do it His way instead of our own. His mouth still works, He can speak to your heart and mind.
Knowing the will of God is basically knowing God, so we diligently seek and keep on seeking.. to know n serve Him better. He want Him more than everything else.. more than our goals, more than our wishes, more than our so called vision.. more than everything else.
You knock in relation to opportunity as well, Sport. Knock and keep on knocking. Consistently, persistently.. it becomes a lifestyle of vertical dependence. Knock on the Door. Look to the One who can open the doors.
God can open a door that no man can close. It's easy for Him to do. It’s easy for Him to bring the right road blocks across your path as well.. those ones you need. And He can remove all roadblocks out of the way before you when you ask and keep on asking to know His will.
“I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for you that no one can close. You have little strength, yet you obeyed my word and did not deny me." ~ Jesus, Revelation 3:8 nlt
Let's listen, test it.. those messages, and be like the Bereans to prove all things against what's written in the Bible. Why embrace it if it's off and not worth embracing?
"As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true. As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.." Acts 17:10-12
Do you have zero assurance yet, and some doubt inside about how well you’ll do in eternity? Jesus is the Door for you.
"I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." ~ Jesus (See John 10:9-16 nkjv)
