No Adjustments Necessary

Often when God gives us a promise, instruction, or request we take His words and modify them to fit into our own more comfortable views of what we would like. Instead of trusting His word completely, we tweak little sections here and there to make His word more palatable to our taste buds... or we ignore it altogether.

Abraham tweaked the word of God concerning his offspring. He believed that his wife was too old to bear children, so he took on a mistress. (Genesis 16:1-4)

Moses grew so angry with the children of Israel, that instead of speaking to the rock like God commanded, he struck the rock in order for water to spring forth. (Numbers 20:11)

Jonah ignored God's Word altogether after he took it upon himself to figure out what the outcome would be if he followed the Lord's call. (Jonah 4:2)

Those little tweaks and adjustments brought strife and division to Abraham's household, death to Moses, and landed Jonah in the belly of a great fish.

God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-seeing. At this very moment, He is keeping universes in motion. Galaxies were created by His very word.

Who are we to question it? Who are we to doubt His will? When He speaks to us and gives us the privilege of knowing His plans for us, who are we to think we can make any adjustments for the better?

Don't allow doubt, fear, impatience, or indecision to cause you to tweak God's will for you. Don't let your own narrow views cause you to adjust your sight off of what God is trying to show you.

If God told you something, you can trust it completely. If He is telling you to go right, don't you dare even think about going left. He's leading you to guaranteed greatness. Are you certain that your way will really be better?

Verse of the Day: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Proverbs 3:5