Thursday... We can't get the better of God.

Thursday... We can't get the better of God. We can't!

There are so many things that we believe that we can do and we can do so much. We really can but we can't get the better of God.

Proverbs 21:30 (MSG) says, "Nothing clever, nothing conceived, nothing contrived, can get the better of God." The Contemporary English Version says it this way, "No matter how much you know or what plans you make, you can't defeat the Lord."

We live in a day when people seem to do the impossible. Nothing seems to stop them. But what could we do if we had God out ahead looking at what is ahead and giving us insight and confidence and wisdom? We only use a small portion of our potential.

It is great to be positive but sometimes it is the wise thing to realize what we can't do. We can't get the better of God, we can't defeat the plans of the Lord. We can't, so why do we try?

I love verse 31. In The Message Paraphrase it says, "Do your best, prepare for the worst - then trust God to bring victory." Now that is the way to live. Yes there is a part that we must do.

We never should settle for anything lower than our best. We have so much potential. We are a masterpiece that God has created. Yes, we must do our best.

But we also need to be ready for the worst that could happen, to have a plan. If we have a plan for how we are going to handle that which we are afraid of then it will not stop us if it happens. Don't run away from the worst prepare for it.

And then, and then, and then through it all, trust God to give the victory. That is an amazing word, that word trust. Yes trust in your ability, trust in the fact that you are prepared for the worst, but it all comes down to the fact that we trust God to bring the victory.

Verses 30-31 in the New Living Translation says, "No human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the Lord. The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the Lord." So in whatever you are facing today, let me remind you that "the victory belongs to the Lord." so trust him! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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