BEFORE YOU ASK HIM!

Monday, September 23, 2019

BEFORE YOU ASK HIM!

Matt 6:8

Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Acts 9:6

6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

           Both our needs and our deeds are known to God beforehand! Oh! If only God were not so frustratingly invisible, we might not fret to know the fearful unknown. If He were flesh and nearby, we could rest in Him but, of course, that is what faith is all about.

           Our needs are well known by the Lord before we actually need them! Along the way God provides for those needs. Sometimes He provides our needs through what we call normal and natural means. We work and earn, and our needs are met. At other wonderful times God provides by unexpected means. When God provides unexpectedly, He often does so by bringing us close to disaster just before the need is met. Living by faith is an exciting way of life – much like sleeping on a roller coaster.

           Our deeds, if they are surrendered to the Lord, are also planned out for us. Paul had just encountered the risen Christ on the Damascus road. Because he was totally captivated by a vastly superior force, he asked God what he was to do. Jesus simply told him to continue on to Damascus and when he got there it would be told to him what he must do. The word “must” indicated that the guidance system for Paul’s life had suddenly and drastically changed.

           We are given daily bread. It is not God’s plan for most of us to have bread to store. We are given daily tasks, and these are generally not the ones on our list of “things to do.” We are given just enough light to see the path. He gives us a lamp unto our feet and not a floodlight to see the future. We must walk carefully but confidently in that light.

Deut 29:29

29 The secret things belong unto the Lord  our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Lord, I desire to know what you know and to do what I am supposed to do. Because of your vast wisdom, you reveal both to me in measured amounts. Thank you for your provision and your guidance. AMEN