Proverbs 20:24 ‘A man’s steps are of the Lord, how then
can a man understand his own way?’ Jeremiah
10:23 ‘It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.’ These are very fascinating verses of
scripture, it means that we are mere mortals and we do not even
understand our own ways. Which brings me to the question, so who is directing
your life? Man doesn’t have the capacity
to direct the course of his life by himself without help from the supernatural
realm, so it is either the devil is directing one’s life or God is. If we are
but mere mortals, and have this great limitation is it not wisdom to hold on
tight to the Rock? The eternal Rock of ages, and King of all Kings, Jesus
Christ.
When we allow God to take control of our lives and yield
ourselves to Him, He will direct us but if we are not deliberate about seeking
Him and walking with Him fully the devil will be the one directing our lives. Isaiah
64: 7 And there is no one who calls on your name, who stirs himself up to take
hold of you. To gain direction from God doesn’t happen
automatically, there is a calling on His name, a stirring up of ourselves and a
taking hold of God to do. We stir up ourselves by praying, studying
God’s word and seeking God’s face, we have to be deliberate about following God
completely and obeying His instructions. Many of us have done things our way
for so long that we cannot even hear God’s voice anymore, but he is still
calling out to us, prodding us, sending people to us, doing all that He can
just to catch our attention, but our hearts are so hardened we cannot hear nor
see. Jer6: 10 ‘To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Indeed,
their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot give heed’.
Romans 2:29 ‘Circumcision, the surgical ritual that marks
you as a Jew, is great if you live in accord with God’s law. But if you don’t,
it’s worse than not being circumcised. The reverse is also true: The
uncircumcised who keep God’s ways are as good as the circumcised- in fact,
better. Better to keep God’s law uncircumcised than break it circumcised. Don’t
you see it’s not the cut of knife that makes a Jew. You become a Jew by who you
are. It’s the mark of God on your heart, not of a knife on your skin, that
makes a Jew and recognition comes from God not legalistic critics’. It is
not the title that makes you a Christian, it is not how religious you claim to
be that makes you a Christian, it is not just your outward appearance or your
good manners, it is the heart, a heart that yields completely to God that makes
you a true Christian. If our hearts are hardened because we still cannot hear
God, how then can we gain direction for our lives. It only means the devil is
the one directing that life, so it cannot end well because the devil only comes
to steal, to kill and to destroy.
If our hearts are hardened, we reject God and His word, we reject
the Rock that is higher than us. And we receive God’s judgement Matthew 21: 44 ‘And
whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will
grind him to powder.’ My brothers and
sisters , it will be a terrible thing to experience the judgement of God but it
is coming soon for those who have rejected his word and whose heart remain hardened
like a stone, Jeremiah 9: 23-24 ‘ Thus says the Lord, “Let not the wise man
glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the
rich man glory in his riches; But let him who glories glory in this, that he
understands and knows me ,that I am the Lord exercising lovingkindness
,judgement and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight says the Lord’.
If our hearts are as hard as a stone, how can we know Him and understand Him.
God will crush to powder every stony heart and there will no remembrance of
him. How do you want the next phase of your life to be? It depends on who is in
charge, God or Satan.
Today let us cry out to God to give us a heart of flesh so
that we can yield completely to the Rock that is higher than us all and find
safety for our souls.
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