Where God guides, He provides!!!

Dave Demola says, "Where God guides, He provides." If you're doing all you know yet nothing's happening, it could be that:

(a) it's your season for sowing, not reaping. So be patient;

(b) you're in a time of training and preparation. So learn each lesson well;

(c) you could be off course, doing something God didn't call you to do. So go back and check with Him.

Moses told God: "If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us" (Ex 33:15 NIV). If God's not behind it, you don't want to be involved in it. Humility demands that sometimes we stop and say - "Oops, that was me, not God."

Does this mean it's always smooth sailing in God's will? No. Even when God is in something you'll still deal with delays, discouragement and setbacks.

Paul wrote, "A great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me" (1 Co 16:9 NIV).

Opportunities and obstacles, they go together. What you don't want to do, however, is allow it to become a self esteem issue: "Does God love me? Has He really called me? Am I in His will?" Jesus took His disciples on a trip that involved going through the worst storm of their lives. All you need to know is that He's on board. Why? Because He's promised to bless His plans, not yours. If God's guiding, providing and blessing you in spite of the storm, rejoice. If He's not, seek fresh direction. Ask Him what He wants you to do. God will bless you every time - when you're doing what He's
told you to do.

Note: Article is taken from "The Word for Today" by Rhema Broadcasting Group, a provider of daily devotional email service.