God's Way, Not Our Way

Some believers think that the end justifies the means. They think that as long as we are trying to do God's will, we can employ any means or methods to do it. That is a false assumption. It is possibly the assumption David made when he first attempted to bring the Ark of the Covenant up to Jerusalem by using a new cart. That was not God's way. He was very specific. It was to be carried by Levites on poles inserted through the golden rings on the sides of the ark. That way no one ever had to touch the ark, and it was safely carried anywhere. However, on the cart, the oxen stumbled, and the ark was slipping, so Uzza reached out very innocently to steady it. God's anger burned against him, and he died right there. (I Chronicles 13:9,10) That was a very difficult way to learn an important lesson that we all need to know.

Whenever the Word of God tells us how to do something in a command or in principle, we must not try to change that. We must simply obey His Word, and He will bless His methods to accomplish His will. If we get impatient, or for some other reason, we use human ways to do His will to speed up the process or to get more results on our own, the results can be just as devastating. We might accomplish what we were trying to do, and miss God's will completely or partially, so that we do not see His blessing, only our work in the flesh. Let's decide to do God's will in His way by following His Word. Then, we can stand back and see what God will do when He is pleased with our obedience.

Tomorrow, I intend to read I Chronicles 14-16.