Do you want success?

"Commit your actions to the LORD, and your plans will succeed"   Proverbs  16:3   NLT 

Over the years, many people have read this verse and literally believed that if they commit anything to God it will come to fruition; and when it hasn't they have become despondent. Why has this happened to them? Because they have not read the verse properly. Let's look at this:

The word 'Commit', means to: put in charge or entrust. Therefore, when we commit our plans, actions or intentions to God, we are actually putting Him in control of the whole deal. Tony Evans comments: 'It means your will is in submission to His. When that happens, you're inviting His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.' 

When we commit to the LORD, we are trusting in Him to show us the way. Our plans are not always in line with what God wants for us. So, it makes sense to give it all to God and have the satisfaction that He is guiding our future. Just think about it for a moment. You may be planning to borrow a huge amount of money to go into business with someone or, start your own business. If you do this without consulting with God, it is likely to go horribly wrong, leaving you in debt for many years. It makes sense to commit it to the One who will never let you down - God. He knows the way forward - He sees ahead.

You may be considering something at the moment - a new job, move house, emigrate etc. etc. If this is you, have you committed it to God, have you sought His guidance? If not, let me encourage you to do so. Many Christians have committed themselves to a certain project and have not committed it to God first. Their projects have crumbled and they have had to pay the penalty of leaving God out. Life is not a game of chance; there may be many business people who have chanced their luck in investing in a particualr venture, and it has paid off. However, there are many who have not been so successful. Don't take chances. God gives us the chances in life, not Lady Luck, whoever she may be.

God is telling you to be cautious in what you do. Walk in His steps not your own and you will only be able to do this by committing everything to Him.

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