Commit to the Lord whatever you do
and all your plans will succeed. Proverbs16:3
This is one of the most misquoted verses I know. Most people mis-use it in the sense that they make their plans and then at the last moment, before they act on their plans they ask Almighty God to bless their plans.
God is not like holy water that we sprinkle over things to make them holy. When we expect Him to bless our plans, even if they are good and upright, then we reduce Him to the status of a genie who must do our bidding and bless OUR plans.
We are not God - He is.
The verse tells us that we must commit WHATEVER we do to the Lord - this is all encompassing - it involves all of life and we can't be selective about it. To commit something to God means that it belongs to Him and not to us.
When we learn to live lives dedicated to Him, we will begin to see a fruitfulness in our lives that comes from our close walk with Him. Our plans (which have been made with Him watching over our shoulder and sitting at our side) will bear fruit.
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Theo Groeneveld theo@emmanuel.org.za
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