LORD, what shall I do?

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"A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.'    Proverbs 16:9.  NKJV

If you've ever been in a situation where you just don't know what to do about something, then you'll know how difficult this is. On some decisions, if we make the wrong one, it could spell a major problem. If we decide against it, that may be just as bad. It really is a time when we need someone to make this decision for us. However, if we allowed them to do this and it all went wrong, they'd be a target of our wrath. It can be a nightmare and many suffer this plight. Probably that's where you are at this moment.

When we first got married, we used to face decisions by writing the Pros and the Cons out - the For's and the Against's. Many is the time when we made the right decision by this action, but occasionally we got it wrong. But where do we go when that decision has to be made?

Well, God gives us opportunities to speak to Him about issues. In Jeramiah 33:3 it says, 'Call to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things which you do not know.' When we were first saved, we used to call that verse, God's telephone number. It's one way that He has promised to answer us when we call out to Him.

Furthermore, He tells us in Proverbs 16:3, 'Commit your works to the LORD and your thoughts will be established.' In the Hebrew, this means to roll the issue or problem over to God. It gives us the picture of a camel that has walked for many miles through the hot desert, ladened up with baggage. When it arrives at its destination, it crouches down in the sand and rolls over so that the weight falls off its humps. This is a wonderful example of giving the weight of our issues to God.

And really this is what we must do. He is interested in us doing the right thing but He doesn't always answer us as we would like - straightaway. And, if He Does, sometimes it is not as straight forward as we would like, at first.

Basically, we need to hang fire and await His answers. there's always a reason for His delay. If you're waiting for the answer at the moment, hang fire because He will show you what to do very soon.

Copyright 2019 Grahame Howard

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