Spiritual Prescription MAKING NO PLANS FOR YOURSELF
It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. Jer. 10:23.
Have you ever considered how much Jesus, in His life here on earth, depended on His relationship with His Father? "Christ in His life on earth made no plans for Himself. He accepted God's plan for Him, and day by day the Father unfolded His plans. So should we depend upon God, that our lives may be the simple outworking of His will. As we commit our way to Him, He will direct our steps."--The Ministry of Healing, p. 479.
If Jesus got His plans on a day-by-day basis from His Father, it would have had to be the first thing in the morning! It would be ridiculous to picture Jesus coming to His Father at the close of the day and saying, "Now what are Your plans for Me today?" That wouldn't make sense.
Wouldn't you like to live so close to the Lord that He would be able to flash His plans to you individually for the day? This doesn't mean that you don't make plans. But it does mean that if you have made plans on your own, you are always willing to have your plans interrupted. Steps to Christ, page 70: "Consecrate yourself to God in the morning; make this your very first work. Let your prayer be, 'Take me, O Lord, as wholly Thine. I lay all my plans at Thy feet. Use me today in Thy service. Abide with me, and let all my work be wrought in Thee.' This is a daily matter. Each morning consecrate yourself to God for that day. Surrender all your plans to Him, to be carried out or given up as His providence shall indicate. Thus day by day you may be giving your life into the hands of God, and thus your life will be molded more and more after the life of Christ."
As we grow more and more into the likeness of Jesus, we will be more and more sensitive to what His plans are, so that the plans we make will more often be His plans instead of simply our own.
The devotional time isn't for the purpose of just getting our time in, just being able to say we've spent an hour with God. It is for the purpose of getting to know God, learning to trust Him, knowing His will, and accepting of His sacrifice for us again for the new day. Do you know God today? Will you seek to know Him tomorrow morning as well?
It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. Jer. 10:23.
Have you ever considered how much Jesus, in His life here on earth, depended on His relationship with His Father? "Christ in His life on earth made no plans for Himself. He accepted God's plan for Him, and day by day the Father unfolded His plans. So should we depend upon God, that our lives may be the simple outworking of His will. As we commit our way to Him, He will direct our steps."--The Ministry of Healing, p. 479.
If Jesus got His plans on a day-by-day basis from His Father, it would have had to be the first thing in the morning! It would be ridiculous to picture Jesus coming to His Father at the close of the day and saying, "Now what are Your plans for Me today?" That wouldn't make sense.
Wouldn't you like to live so close to the Lord that He would be able to flash His plans to you individually for the day? This doesn't mean that you don't make plans. But it does mean that if you have made plans on your own, you are always willing to have your plans interrupted. Steps to Christ, page 70: "Consecrate yourself to God in the morning; make this your very first work. Let your prayer be, 'Take me, O Lord, as wholly Thine. I lay all my plans at Thy feet. Use me today in Thy service. Abide with me, and let all my work be wrought in Thee.' This is a daily matter. Each morning consecrate yourself to God for that day. Surrender all your plans to Him, to be carried out or given up as His providence shall indicate. Thus day by day you may be giving your life into the hands of God, and thus your life will be molded more and more after the life of Christ."
As we grow more and more into the likeness of Jesus, we will be more and more sensitive to what His plans are, so that the plans we make will more often be His plans instead of simply our own.
The devotional time isn't for the purpose of just getting our time in, just being able to say we've spent an hour with God. It is for the purpose of getting to know God, learning to trust Him, knowing His will, and accepting of His sacrifice for us again for the new day. Do you know God today? Will you seek to know Him tomorrow morning as well?
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