Guided Right!

Commit your works to the Lord [submit and trust them to Him], And your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance]. PROVERBS 16:3 AMP

As I read the verses before today's extract, I am reminded of the futility of trusting in man or his devices. Sin has deceived us into thinking we can make it on our own. We have been led to believe that we have the power and ability to control some things, whilst God can do the rest. We interpret the verse above to mean that we should make all the plans and take them to God for stamping and approval, not minding whether they line up with his express will or not. We assume we can deceive God with an outward display of piety and goodness, forgetting that all created things, like the human heart, must answer to the One who created it.

Today's extract says we should 'commit' our works to the Lord. Another version says 'Roll'. The import is that I will not be forced into trusting God with my life; it has to be a willing sacrifice. Committing something into another person's hands cannot be partial; it must be total and complete. I do not go to God in prayer with my cares, and as I get up, I pick up my cares again. I do not complain to man about my problem, and leave God out of the discussion. Trust is a fundamental part of this verse, and it means that once I have agreed I am helpless, I am set free to fully trust the One who says I should leave it all to Him in the first place.

I cannot claim the latter part of the verse without fulfilling the first part. My plans only succeed when they have passed through the hands of the One who sees the end from the beginning. Who would have thought that when Abraham was asked to leave his father's house and he obeyed, we would still be talking about him today? Who would have thought that trusting God for his present would earn David an eternal kingship? We are limited in scope, sight and strength. We cannot see beyond the NOW, and even in the NOW, we are blinded by the pretence and deceit in the world. We will only do well to trust the One who owns and holds the hearts of men in his hands, and who is not deceived by outward show of piety. He provides guidance and will lead aright, if I can trust his wisdom.

Would you trust him by leaving all your cares with Him? Can you dare submit all about yourself to him, knowing that nothing in his hands is wasted? Paul says: ...... for I know Him [and I am personally acquainted with Him] whom I have believed [with absolute trust and confidence in Him and in the truth of His deity], and I am persuaded [beyond any doubt] that He is able to guard that which I have entrusted to Him until that day [when I stand before Him].2 TIMOTHY 1:12 AMP. Can I trust him to the end like Paul? His time of favour is here.