July 5, 2011
Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass —Psalm 37:5
Don’t plan without God. God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the plans we have made, when we have not taken Him into account. We get ourselves into circumstances that were not chosen by God, and suddenly we realize that we have been making our plans without Him— that we have not even considered Him to be a vital, living factor in the planning of our lives. And yet the only thing that will keep us from even the possibility of worrying is to bring God in as the greatest factor in all of our planning.
In spiritual issues it is customary for us to put God first, but we tend to think that it is inappropriate and unnecessary to put Him first in the practical, everyday issues of our lives. If we have the idea that we have to put on our “spiritual face” before we can come near to God, then we will never come near to Him. We must come as we are.
Don’t plan with a concern for evil in mind. Does God really mean for us to plan without taking the evil around us into account? “Love . . . thinks no evil” (1 Corinthians 13:4-5). Love is not ignorant of the existence of evil, but it does not take it into account as a factor in planning. When we were apart from God, we did take evil into account, doing all of our planning with it in mind, and we tried to reason out all of our work from its standpoint.
Don’t plan with a rainy day in mind. You cannot hoard things for a rainy day if you are truly trusting Christ. Jesus said, “Let not your heart be troubled . . .” (John 14:1). God will not keep your heart from being troubled. It is a command— “Let not. . . .” To do it, continually pick yourself up, even if you fall a hundred and one times a day, until you get into the habit of putting God first and planning with Him in mind.
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July 5, 2011
Journal Entry for Today-JDV
Last week you taught us to follow the “yes” in our salvation. So here I am in front of another Oswald Chambers’ lesson about “don’t” instead of “yes”. However, You led me right to the music and supplied the “yes”. The lesson then becomes less about what we should not do and more about what we can do inside our salvation…We can follow You.
And God says…”If your walk is about loving Me and or loving others you know you are planning well. When you look to Me and then to others you are right in the center of My commandments. Acknowledge Me in all tour ways and I will make your paths straight. Seek first the kingdom of God, namely the person of Jesus Christ, and all these other things shall be added unto you.”
July 5 DJR
Good Morning, Lord,
Today’s central message is the same as always. (I think you only have one central message….) Stay connected in relationship with me and relax … All will be well … at least in the end. Today I’m hearing to hold the business things in an open palm and let you be God and direct them. This is hard for me because either my aggressiveness or my laziness or obsessions or repulsions tend to push my planning and activity one way or another that may not be your best, which is also my best. Help.
OK, that’s what I wanted to hear. And that’s what I’m here for. I will help you. And all students who want to be trained. Note, I did not say “learn” You can learn all you want. Theologians and Pharisees do a lot of that and many dont know much of me and my ways. But if you want to be trained in the ways of prayer and righteousness … then I’m here for you.
Was that prayer answer on Saturday an invitation to come deeper?
Yes. The invite is always there, but because my kids get off track and so hard of hearing, I sometimes need to send a wake up call, like that.
OK, I’m awake but dont know what to do next. I dont want to be a wacko … you know what I mean.
Dont worry about that. With who you are and who I’ve made you … you wont be a wacko. But you must be willing to be wrong some. It is part of training. Getting it wrong is a foundation of getting it right. Connection will hasten your training curve. Stay connected. Be willing to miss it. Dont condemn yourself. I dont. I wont. Hold it in an open palm with curiosity. You’ll be fine. Remember it’s training, not just learning.
OK I’ll be expecting more revelation on the differences and relationship between those…
Stay plugged in and you will learn as we train.
2 Timothy 3:16-17, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
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