It always starts with giving proper glory to God and God alone. He will not share His glory. We need to tear down the monuments to ourselves which we have erected in our own minds. The greater the victories God gives us the greater the danger to start thinking that we had something to do with it. There is a reason why God says that if we humble ourselves before the Lord He will lift us up in honor. The spirit of the God who spoke the universe into existence dwells with in us and He already has seen all time. He has already seen the end result of the battle that lays before us. He sees what will happen if we attack head on and He sees what will happen if we circle around back. The only way to find out what is best is to ask Him. Assume nothing. We also have to recognize that what may have worked in the past does not mean it will work in our present situation. We might have to weed out some things in our lives. We need to be vigilant about what we are hiding under our tents and give up the very things God has set apart for destruction in our lives.
Finally, we must actually listen to God after seeking Him. Too often we pay religious lip service to God. We dress the part, we play the part, we act the part. We say all the right things but we do not do them. There is still the bleating of sheep in our lives and God can hear it. Beloved, God is always with us. He never leaves us nor forsakes us. But we have a responsibility as believers. We are supposed to seek Him in everything we do, lest we find ourselves more distant from Him, building monuments to dust.
Reverend Anthony Wade - July 12, 2013
