From Start to Finish

Yesterday I was listening to a song and the singer was talking about how she looks to God after everything is pretty much in shambles. I started to think about that and it came to me how we tend to use God as our last resort. After you’ve messed up everything in your life because you never sought Gods direction in all of your decision making, then we look to God to rescue us. We come to God beat up, broke down, tired, and weak. Now, God being who He is will indeed rescue us out of our mess because we are His children and He loves us. If we were to only have sought God from the beginning I know that some of the bad situations we’ve encountered would’ve been avoided.

Proverbs 3:6 (KJV)
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

If we just acknowledge God from the start He will lead us and guide us into sweet pastures. Many of us trust God but some of us trust our own opinions and decision making abilities more than Gods. If a person has that kind of attitude they are not allowing God to be the head of their lives.

James 1:8 (KJV)
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Just look at some bad situations you’ve been in, 9 times out of 10 it’s something that could have been avoided only if you would have sought God first concerning that situation. When we get into ruts and don’t know how to get out, we usually sink deeper and deeper into that rut. Just think about a bad relationship or marriage you have been in. When you first met that person you knew they were the one because you were physically attracted and maybe even emotionally attracted to them. You thought you didn’t have to ask God, so you pursued the relationship, and it turns bad after awhile which leads to your depression, which leads to some kind of abuse whether it may be physical, mental, or substance, as a result you lose good friends, and now your battling an addiction problem.

Now this is the time when we usually come to God and say I’ve had enough can You help me and He surely will. My stand point is to seek God in all my decision making and situations, I tell God I haven’t had enough; I haven’t had enough of your love, of your protection, of your goodness, I want more of you in my life. If we all sought God in the beginning we would see people living lives they’ve only dreamed of.

God isn’t asking much from us, all he wants us to do is love Him and include Him in our lives. He created us to depend on Him and He wants to provide for us but if we don’t look to Him always, He’ll let you try and figure things out for yourself; He’ll watch you in all your mess and He’ll be right there with arms open wide as soon as you’ve had enough. Don’t wait until you get to point to turn to God, start now, start today.

I pray that this has been a blessing on your life.

Daryle Houston II
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org