Proverbs 16:3
"Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed."
EVERYONE WANTS TO SUCCEED!
Something I love about this verse, is that it doesn't say ~DO~ whatever the Lord says, and your plans will succeed. I don't know about you, but I'm not always sure what He wants me to do. Obviously, if we do what the Lord says, we succeed, but yet it says ~COMMIT~ to the Lord whatever you do and your plans will succeed. So, I looked-up the word commit in the dictionary, and the definition is "To consign; entrust." Then searched for consign... "To set apart, as for a special use or purpose." Hmmm, now, entrust..."To give over (something) to another for care, protection, or performance."
So, if we ...
~set apart whatever we do for the Lord's use/give what we're doing over to Him for His purpose... than our plans will succeed~
It has to do with our INTENTIONS! How many times have we been unsure and asking God to show us what He wants us to do?! Even better yet, how many times have we SINCERELY THOUGHT we knew what God wanted, and been wrong :(
He knows our intentions :)
He knows whether we are truly seeking Him, and His ways, or whether we are seeking our own way. He knows when we want HIM to be glorified or when WE are seeking glory.
I think this is exciting! It takes so much pressure off! Thinking that I have to be perfect is horrifying!!! But, doing what is right, is "Setting apart, whatever we are doing, for the Lord's use/giving what we are doing, over to Him for His purpose"! It's our intentions that matter, not our perfection!
"Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed."
Proverbs 16:3
