Pursue God’s Idea and Dream
ICS Daily Devotions
1 John 5:14-15 (NKJV) Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
As Christians, we often like to carry out our own agenda and expect God to bless it and bail us out if needed. It might be a man’s good idea or something born out of a dialogue that we have had with AI, but chatting with AI cannot and must not replace our dialogue with God. When we expect and demand that God bless the project, we get disappointed when He doesn’t. God is not obliged to bless our plan when He was not even consulted, and we are certainly in no position to dictate to God what to do for us or even to bless our plans.
Jesus is the Lord of our lives. Therefore, it’s important for us to pursue, articulate, plan and execute God’s idea, and it is wise to seek God’s endorsement before rushing to execute it. Not every idea is God’s idea. We must consecrate our plan, idea and dream to Him, seek confirmation through a Book, Chapter and Verse (BCV), and, in addition, a witness of the Holy Spirit and godly counsel. If we are confident that it is God’s idea, God will pay for and bless it, but if it is our idea without consecration, we will need to fund it ourselves!
Once God has given us the idea, we own it and know what the final product will look like. We are impregnated with it. Once God has given us the idea, the strategy, we will be able see point B from point A, articulate the vision and the strategy, have the faith to raise funds, and believe God will grant us the right partners and people to work with us.
It isn’t always easy to pray in faith or with confidence, because most of the time we don’t have the assurance that our prayers will be answered. In other words, we will not have a firm footing in doing whatever we want unless it is the Lord’s instruction or His will. Therefore, we should seek to know God’s will through prayer of consecration, because only then can we pray in faith and confidence. Though walking in the perfect will of God doesn’t exempt us from tribulations, the Lord promises that He hears us and will give us our petition, especially when we are walking out His will in our lives. What gives substance to our faith is knowing confidently that we are walking in what He has called us to and that He has endorsed the work He has for us.
It is our responsibility to seek God’s will and plan for our lives. Therefore, we must invest time in prayer, silent retreat, and reading the Bible.
Reflection: In your decision-making process, do you acknowledge Jesus as the Lord of your life? How is the Holy Spirit leading you to consecrate your plan and your life to Him and to further surrender to Him?
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