In Psalms, chapter three, verse six, all our plans, decisions, and activities should acknowledge God as Lord and His will as our supreme desire. Every day, believers must live in a close, trusting relationship with God, always looking to Him for direction “by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving,” as at the end of Philippians four, verse six. Through this devotion, we renew our trust in the Lord’s faithfulness by casting all our situations and problems on Him who cares for us. God strengthens us to do all the things He desires of us. We receive mercy, grace, help in times of need, and assurance that all will work together for our good.
When believers do this, God promises to direct their paths. He will lead us to His goal for our lives, remove all obstacles, and enable us to make the right choices. When believers fail to include God in everything, they fall into the trap of craftiness, relying on self, as in Job fifteen, verse five, “For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.” “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,” as in Romans one, verse twenty-two.
The theme verse, “In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Do we, as believers, acknowledge God in all that we do? Most of us randomly decide whether to do a little or not because we get accustomed to making these choices ourselves, figuring out if it is good. However, our God can see beyond the choices, whether it will bless your life or the opposite.
The sad thing about a bad situation is that when things go wrong, individuals blame God instead of themselves: they automatically expect Him to get involved when they do not ask Him before making decisions.