this was what i did in costa rica. after God said 'but only for 1 year' and i stayed 15 months. i was doing what i thought were good things but if God considered it an abomination because i had stayed 3 months longer than He said i could that might explain why things felt different. i was doing the same things but in my time which was more than the time God had given me to do them in. i didn't feel like i had a purpose to be there anymore.
There are good things we can do, but only God-things we should do. Those activities not born out of the Spirit will result in wood, hay, and stubble. What seems good in our eyes may be an abomination in God's eyes. For instance, if you decide to build an orphanage but God has never directed you to do so, then God will not see that work as good; it was born out of your own strength, even though it was a "good work."
The most difficult challenge a Christian workplace believer will ever have is to know what things to be involved in and what things not to be involved in. Many workplace believers have a great ability to see opportunity. What appears to be a "slam dunk" may come back to haunt us if God never ordains us to enter that arena.
There are many good things we can be involved with. However, there are God-things we are supposed to be involved with. Uzzah was a good man in David's sight. It was a time of celebration, and David and the people were transporting the ark of God. However, the ark hit a bump, and Uzzah reached for the ark to hold it steady. He touched the ark, and he immediately died. David became very upset with God about this situation; he questioned whether he could serve God.
God's ways are not our ways. The most important quality God desires to develop in us is our dependence on Him and Him alone. When we begin to make decisions based on reason and analysis instead of the leading and prompting of the Holy Spirit, we get into trouble with God. David later learned the importance of this principle in his own life. This encounter was one of the stepping-stones in his pilgrimage. David was an extraordinary entrepreneur. He ran the nation very successfully, but he, like each of us, had to learn the difference between "good things" and "God-things."
Are you involved in anything in which God has not directed you to be involved? Do you seek God about every decision, every action before you take it? This is where God wants you and me to be. Ask Him to show you how to walk with Him in this way.
ok i just sent some emails to get involved in something new. i didn't talk to God specifically about this exact thing right before i sent the emails but this morning i talked to Him at length about wanting to 'do' more. asking Him what i could do. then i got an email about getting involved in something & i signed up right away. i don't think i actually thought of Him before i sent the emails but after reading the above devotional i thought it must be God inspired because it sort of involves public speaking which i am absolutely terrified of.
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