“Where To Turn? What to Do?

where to turn  what to do
 
by Dona Hake
 
 
 
Today we are going to continue meditating in the first book of James.  Let us look at James 1:5…
 
 
 
 
James 1:5 (The Voice)
“If you don’t have all the wisdom needed for this journey, then all you have to do
is ask God for it; and God will grant all that you need. He gives lavishly and
never scolds you for asking.”
 
 
 
 
 
Many times we could be tempted to run from a test or hardship because we simply do not know which way to turn. I have heard it said that 50% of a problem solved is understanding what it is.   Many times fear can come upon us simply because we do not understand what is going on.   Once you have the knowledge of a problem, then we need the know how to deal with it.  This is why it is so vitally important that we keep ourselves full of the Word of God, stay in prayer, and know that we are purposing to stay in His presence.   Confusion will always be easy for the devil to bring into a situation when we are not staying diligent.     Being full of God’s Word will enable us to rightly discern exactly what to do in any given situation.   Saying all this, we can trust God to speak to us, and give us the exact wisdom that we need for what we need answers for.
 
 
 
 
 I am sure you have experienced in the past a time that you  were walking through a trial or a tough decision and  well meaning people would  try to give you advice, and it was based solely upon their past experiences.   There may also be those that are truly giving you wisdom that needs to be heeded to.  We must be very careful  that we are being discerning and taking that advice and making sure it is godly wisdom and not human wisdom that proceeds from past experience. Wisdom does not come from old age and hard knocks. Yes, the older you get you do learn a few things but that is not how God desires that we develop it. It begins with knowing and depending on Him and allowing Him to speak into our heart about the direction of our life, our actions and our words.
 
 

It so important that we run to the Lord and cry out for His wisdom on a daily
basis.
 
 
Proverbs 8:17 (KJV) says “I love them that love me; and those that seek
me early shall find me.”
 
 
 
 
 
The “seek me early” is pertaining to asking Him for wisdom before EVERY TASK! He desires we make a conscious effort in our hearts and minds to be drawing upon His wisdom from the time our feet hit the
floor when you get out of bed till you lay down at night.   I am not talking about being over spiritual either. I really do not think that God cares what I wear or what flavor of coffee I drink but I do know that He cares about a lot about my plans and thoughts for my day. I think He really wants to be in our life more than we realize.   Yesterday I knew my day was going to be quite full, and I had much to be accomplished.   Every square inch of the minutes in my day were needed to reach a goal.    I simply asked God first thing in the morning to order my steps for each thing that needed to be done.   I asked Him to help me use every minute wisely, and He was faithful to cause me to reach my goal.
 
 
 
If you want God to lead you than you need to understand what His wisdom is on a matter. So I
encourage you today that if you do not know what to do, ask Him.   Ask Him what He thinks about your problem or whatever it is that you are dealing with. I warn you also to be patient and keep all questions in your heart before Him. He is faithful and He will answer. He knows exactly what the right thing is for us to do in our situation and we must simply trust Him.