Pray Before You Leap
When I recently prayed about an important decision I needed to make, I remembered there was a
time when I didn’t. As a young Christian I didn’t even know I should.
When
I was in my early twenties I moved without even praying about it. I loved God
and it was not my intention to go the wrong way, I just had not learned yet
that we are to seek God as we make choices and decisions. I just plowed ahead
completely tossing all wisdom aside.
I
was a young Christian and hadn’t been in my Bible much or heard a lot of
teaching and I didn’t know to even pray about choices and decisions. I had not
been raised in church and had not learned these important spiritual
lessons.
I immaturely quit a job and moved out of state just because I was not satisfied
with the status quo. Long story short, that move failed and I quickly ended up
back in the same town, but without an apartment, furniture, or job. I had to
start over.
But
it wasn’t long until my husband came into the picture and I knew exactly
why God brought me back.
When
I think about God undoing my bad decision and bringing me back and how He
brought my husband across my path by moving him to my town and bringing him to
my church in His perfect timing – I saw His grace and love for me forged deeply across my heart
forever.
Oh,
I am grateful He covers us with a lot of tender grace in our youth and that He
is patient with us as we learn and grow in the ways of the Lord.
God
definitely gained my attention through that experience and how He amazingly
worked in my life. It was a significant turning point in my spiritual growth
that impacted the deepness of faith I walk in today.
God
cares about every detail of our lives and He has a plan that is slowly unfolding through the
circumstances we experience. We would be wise to seek Him and pray, and also to
trust and wait on Him.
Philippians 4:6-7
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with
thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God,
which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ
Jesus.”
Book Excerpt from First Breath of Morning