Toss The Coin And Roll The Dice

Scripture says-“EACH PERSON VIEWS HIS OWN WAYS AS PURE.”

We could not possibly be wrong. Our opinions are so strong that we have a hard time letting God break through and change us. (Repeat)

We have to advance God’s ways instead of our ways because God looks at our motives-

Motive is “something that causes a person to act in a certain way or do a certain thing.”

You can understand how this can get complicated- suppose we are Christians (not anyone here) that have anger problems so we react with anger and then justify it. We never handled the anger problem, we are just now Christians with an anger problem.

We have to fix the problem so the motive is right.

We can do the right thing with wrong motives and we can do the wrong thing with right motives. We need God to sort that out.

It is possible to want to do the right thing but do it wrong- Our motive would be right but not successful.

We can do wrong thing with the wrong motive.

Motives were always important to God. Sometimes the ancient Israelites did the right things even though their hearts were far from God (we all do that sometimes).

Our motives are key in those who are citizens of God’s kingdom.

This is proof that God not only wants to change the things we do, but change the reasons why we do things.

“See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139:24

See whether there is in my heart, or in my life, any evil habit known or unknown.

If there be such an evil way, take it me from me.

As I hate the wicked (wrong) in their way, so would I hate every wicked (wrong) in my own life.

See if there is any wicked in me. This would be a beautiful prayer for us everyday. Amen.

(3) “Commit to the Lord whatever you do.”

If we would do that, we would take a different perspective.

We would unpack both sides instead of calling it our way or the highway!

We would have a teachable spirit- come on now!

We would be open to at least hear what others have to say and then line it to God’s Word for authority.

(5) “The Lord detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this; they will not go unpunished.”

Stephen Covey

“If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster’

So listen, so our time doesn’t get away from us- I hope that you are not one who puts all his trust in the toss of a coin or the roll of a dice for your life – leaving your life a game of chance- the odds of success happening are almost nonexistent.

If you are trying to find the will of God that way it is impossible.

The word of God tells us that God has a plan for our lives and it is a good one. I believe better than what we can come up with ourselves.

God has given us common sense, given us his word, desires to be Lord of our lives. If we were smart, we would use commonsense and study His word and allow Him to be Lord of our lives and it would be better and blessed far more than what we could do ourselves without him.

Illustration-

An HR manager advertised a job opening and a large group of applicants showed up in the waiting room. The first man was ushered into her office, and she began explaining the job to him: “We need someone who can make fast decisions, someone who can think quickly on his feet. Can you show me that you’re capable of doing that?”