We often wonder what God’s plan is for our lives. What does He want me to do and how am I supposed to do it? We pray about it, we look for signs that might lead us in the right direction, an open or closed door indicating which path we are supposed to take. We feel as though there is this hidden treasure map that we are to follow in order to find clues as to the next step we must take. Really it is not all that hard and God has not hidden this from us as some sort of test to see if we are worthy of His gifts. To the contrary it is spelled out for us very clearly in this passage:
Proverbs 16:3 Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans.
It really is that simple, we are the ones that make it so hard. Just do what is right in the eyes of the Lord and you are on your way. Really isn’t that enough? We have a hard enough time with doing just that sometimes. In the Wednesday evening study we did last night this is one of the passages we read over. After reading this search your heart and see if you are holding to the passage in Proverbs I just hit on.
Matthew 25:31 "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
37 "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
40 "The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'
41 "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'
44 "They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'
45 "He will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'
46 "Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."
Feeling a little convicted yet? Kind of a scary passage to read when we think back to all the opportunities we have had in our lives to help those that are in need. If that person was Jesus here today and you knew that you would probably even take them into your own home and care for them. After all who would not want to have Jesus in their home? So if we are to know the path laid before us the Bible very clearly spells it out for us, we just have to step up to the plate and get it done.
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