“Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed” - Proverbs 16:3 (NIV)
One day a group of parents gathered around a table and every one of them happily shared how he was planning for the best for his children. One thought of sending his kids to attend overseas university after high school. Another wished that after going through a local university they would opt for a foreign one, too. Mostly, they had the means and thought sending them out of the country was the best gift for the kids they loved. “This country’s education is bogus!” one said and all seemed to agree.
Nothing wrong with all that. But just then one parent asked, gently, “Where are we putting God in all this! Do we realize that for some of these kids actually God may desire for them something else!” Nervous silence followed.
The tendency to figure out all things using our means is quite common. Certainly for those who have the means it often does not occur to them to seek God’s hand where there are able. Yet God might have a different plan as he has for each one of us.
After a while all the parents agreed that while it was good to have plans, the most important thing was to pray and seek God’s direction. One could find out that God was directing each child to a different course altogether. And who would doubt that God’s plans are the best!
Prayer for today: Lord Father in heaven today I pray that I put you first in all my plans.
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20/04/2024 - 21/04/2024 All day“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong” (1 Cor 16:13)
Tourists who happen to visit Bukingham palace will be expected to notice the King’s royal guards. Dressed in colorful often red uniforms and adorning tall black helmets they stand on guard and no one dare cross them. Elsewhere in life we find guards in all manner of places quite firm on deterring any intruder wherever they may be.
For us Believers being on constant guard is a calling we must permanently observe. And why? Once in the course of his work, “Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns” (Mathew 16:23). Peter had just protested that he would not deny Jesus only to be sported out!
There is something for us to note here. Satan had penetrated the ranks of Jesus and was going through his closest disciple. It is clear that Peter was not even aware that he was being used. Anyway, he found his target, Jesus, was on guard. Immediately Satan was sent packing.
No Believer is immune to attacks from Satan. After all when once the Lord asked Satan his whereabouts: “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it” (Job 1:7). Clearly the guy is out there 24/7 looking for whom to devour. “Be alert, be on watch! Your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour” (I Peter 5:8).
Prayer today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, as you have warned us to be on “guard” help me ever to be on the watch out for the attacks of the enemy and with your word rebuke Satan, this I pray in Jesus’ name!
