Words of wisdom: And it shall come to pass that when your days are fulfilled to go to be with your fathers. I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons and I will establish his kingdom. 1 Chronicles 17:11
Life point: Words and actions.
Must we always have a specific word from God before we take any action?
I do not think so. David wanted to build a house for God and the prophet Nathan told him to do all that was in his heart for God was with him. That night however, God spoke with to David through Nathan and gave instructions that David was not to build His house, but that one of his sons would do it.
It seems to me that the general guideline on taking action is simply to follow our hearts unless God gives us a specific word. We are told in the book of Proverbs 3:6 acknowledge God in all of our ways and He will direct our paths.
To acknowledge God means to care about what He thinks . We are never told in Scripture that we must have specific direction from God before taking any action at all.
God gives us wisdom and He expects us to use it. As we study His Word we learn His ways and He expects us to follow them.
God gives us freedom, He believes in us and believes we can make good choices so He lets us do so. In all our prayers we should tell our Lord that we want His will in all things and trust Him to lead and guide us.
Child of God note that David was planning to build God a house until the moment God said no. When He did, David immediately praised God for choosing one of his family members and never showed any disappointment or rebellion against God’s choice. David had a heart after God . He wanted what God wanted.
This story was particularly helpful to me as a young believer who wanted God’s will , but didn’t know what to do when God was not speaking. I learned that because we have His Spirit and heart, we should trust the inner witness that we sense about what we should or should not do.
Prayer:
Lord I pray for Your Will be done in my life and in all that I do always in Jesus name. AmenAmen
I would encourage you child of God to do what you believe to be best based on the knowledge you have and be willing to change if and when God shows you something definite.
All glory to God Almighty!
