The first is 1 Samuel 16:2, "But Samuel said, "How can I go? When Saul hears of it, he will kill me." God will show me my way, just as He did to Samuel, "No, not this one, or this one, or this one. Yes, this is the one." I need to be listening and following. Here was God's man, doing God's work, looking on the insurmountable that he saw with his own eyes (Saul) instead of keeping his eyes on God. He was being human. How often do I know what I'm supposed to do, but make excuses because of the enormity of what's in front of me? Instead of just doing it and saying, "Lord, point the way for me."
Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
And then the question, do I have a Saul in my life? Is there somebody who irritates and rubs and files and crapes and bothers me? Of course the answer is yes. I have many of them. Those people are part of His plan. God uses them to develop me. Yikes! I'm so sorry Lord that I constantly try to thwart your plan for me, by deciding I am going my own way.
I'm reminded of the song by Frances Havergal,
- Take my life and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in endless praise.
Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee.
Take my voice and let me sing,
Always, only for my King.
Take my lips and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee.
Take my silver and my gold,
Not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect and use
Every pow’r as Thou shalt choose.
Take my will and make it Thine,
It shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is Thine own,
It shall be Thy royal throne.
Take my love, my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee. - God will show me my way, just as he did Samuel. "No, not this one, no, not this one and not this one. Yes, this is the one." I need to be listening.
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