Wait A Minute...

Wow, it has been a while since I wrote something. These past six months have been quite turbulent for me and I had found myself neglecting the crucial need of inquiring of God before making decisions.

I learnt something today: "the Art of Asking HIM before doing it". I came to learn it as I studied the life of Asa, King of Judah.

In his thirty-sixth year of reign, the king of Israel attacked him. Instead of first seeking the face of God, King Asa was found giving silver and gold from the treasuries of the Temple of GOD to the King of Aram in order to help him.

This is what God had to say:
"Because you went for help to the king of Aram and didn't ask GOD for help, you've lost a victory over the army of the king of Aram. Didn't the Ethiopians and Lybians come against you with superior forces, completely outclassing you with their chariots and cavalry? But you asked GOD for help and he gave you the victory...You were foolish to go for human help when you could have had God's help. Now you're in trouble- one round of war after another" (2 Chronicles 16:7-9 The Message).

Could the trouble many of us find ourselves in be attributed to the fact that we haven't asked for divine help? I've found myself making decisions from a merely intelligent point of view without 'consulting' Him that knows the way ahead and I'm still paying the price for such decisions.

Three years later, "Asa came down with a severe case of foot infection. He DIDN'T ASK GOD FOR HELP, but INSTEAD went to the doctors. THEN ASA DIED..." (verses 12-13 The Message- emphasis mine).

Once again I observe that King Asa relied on human help rather than inquire of God. It is crucial in this day and age to be found inquiring of God when faced with life's difficulties and pains. For it is in Him that we live, move and have our being (Acts 17:28).

I choose to wait a minute (if not an hour or days) in order to seek God before I make a move simply because unless the Lord Himself builds the house that I'm building (ie have His blessing) I would be building in vain (Psalm 127:1).

I'm choosing this day to embrace King David's habit of inquiring of God before making a move.
I'll end with the words of King Asa's son, Jehoshaphat: "Before you do anything, ask GOD for guidance" (2 Chronicles 18:4 The Message)

Blessings!