Day 229
Judges 1:2
"And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand."
In response to the Israelites' question to God about who should fight against the Caananites, God instructed the tribe of Judah to go, because He had delivered the land to them. The fighting had not begun when the Lord said, "I have delivered the land into his hand." This illustrates how God sees the end from the beginning.
This passage, if we understand it, is all we need to have confidence to fulfill any task the Lord gives us. God never sends anyone out to accomplish anything on His behalf. If we are involved in a fight, He will secure the victory before we begin. We must simply possess what He has already done. If we are constructing a building, He will locate the supplies, secure the help and complete every detail of the plan before we start. All we have to do is walk it through. Our struggles come when we begin to do our own thing, or take over from God due to a lack of understanding.
When we comprehend God's process, life's challenges become so much Jess stressful. If we run into a crooked place, we must wait with confidence, because He goes before us and makes crooked places straight. If there seems to be no way out, we must smile confidently, as we stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. He makes a way where there is no way. Nobody gets up early enough to get ahead of God. He is never surprised. When we walk with Him, we can remain cool. He never scratches His head.
Jesus invited us to take his yoke on us. He said His yoke is easy and His burden is light. We can tell who is running our lives by examining our emotional states. If our way is hard and our burdens are heavy, we have taken too much upon ourselves or have become yoked together with the wrong person. Let us pause and do a yoke check and make sure we are connected, and connected to the right person, as we tackle our challenges.
I will cease from struggling and being burdened down. I will walk lightly, connected to Jesus Christ I will walk confidently, knowing God has already prepared the way before me.