Tuesday... It can be so easy to say something is God's will...

Tuesday... It can be so easy for us to say something is God's will because it makes sense, but is it?

1 Samuel 24 tells of how King Saul was looking for David to kill him and he happened to go into a cave for a moment but he didn't know that David and his men were in the cave.

Verse 4 (NLT) says, "'Now's your opportunity!' David's men whispered to him. 'Today the Lord is telling you, '"I will certainly put your enemy into your power, to do as you wish.'" So David crept forward and cut off a piece of the hem of Saul's robe."

Verses 5-7, "But then David's conscience began bothering him" We must be sensitive to the different ways that God speaks to us. Yes he speaks through others but he also speaks to us through our conscience, through a still small voice. "He said to his men, 'The Lord forbid that I shouldn't attack the Lord's anointed one, for the Lord himself has chosen him.' So David restrained his men and did not let them kill Saul."

David then came out and told Saul what he had done and Saul then said in verse 20, "And now I realize that you are surely going to be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will flourish under your rule." Verse 22, "Then Saul went home, but David and his men went back to their stronghold."

We think so many times even during this pandemic what God's will is because it makes sense but God's ways are different from our ways. God's plan is bigger than our plans and we should not be so quick to say what he wants. Are you in his Word, are you in constant communication with him, is his Spirit in you and are you seeking his Spirit's leading? If not then let's not be so quick to say what the Lord is telling us because it makes sense.

He will let us know if we really listen. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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