If you don’t know what you’re doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You’ll get His help, and won’t be condescended to when you ask for it … But whoever catches a glimpse of the revealed counsel of God – the free life!- even out of the corner of his eye, and sticks with it, is no distracted scatterbrain but a man or woman of action. That person will find delight and affirmation in the action. James 1:5-6; 25 Message (Emphasis added)
How many of us sometimes feel that no matter how many parenting books, or Supernanny shows we watch, or smart mommy blogs we read ( 🙂 ) we still have days where we ask ourselves “what the heck am I doing?” Yes, even those of us who write the smart mommy blogs.
Life seems to be so complicated because sometimes there are no right or wrong answers to parenting, or how God allows circumstances to play out in our lives. And there are some things I cannot answer. My five year old can trip me up with some of life’s questions. But James said if you don’t know what you are doing, don’t worry about it, God has you covered. He will not be condescending to you for not knowing what to do. If we seek out God, and pray for Him to show us the next step He will answer. And here is the thing that I loved … Whoever catches even the slightest glimpse of what God reveals, walks it, and sticks with it, that person will be so glad for taking action!
Psalm 119:105 says “Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” The message Bible reads “By your words I can see where I’m going …”
We take the steps God has shown us, and it does not have to be a lightning bolt revelation. (God is the originator of common sense.) He will show us the next step to take, and when we begin to see where we are going we will be so glad we decided to take action.
The only hard part is our part. He does say we have to take action, and stick with it.
This applies to anyone and any life or circumstance. Take one step, pray. And let God delight in showing you what to do next. It is that simple.
This is right on time!