Proverbs 3:5-6 tells us to "lean not to our own understanding...in ALL our ways ACKNOWLEDGE HIM and HE shall direct your path". The key word here is ACKNOWLEDGE which means to accept or admit the existence or truth of; recognize the fact or importance of. Why is this word so relevant with our relationship with God? See, when we acknowledge God in all our ways - our day to day living; our daily decision making; our blessings and our opportunities to change and improve - then we are giving Him what that place, that authority, that love, trust, obedience and submission that He has requested and requires.
This level of acknowledgement does not dictate the magnitude of which God will love us back or bless us because He is an "inspite of" God not "because of" God. It does allow us to view life in a more optimistic view, we see more of the blessing of life than the false negativities that life can display. The more we acknowledge God, the more our expectations are in Him and less in man which frees us from man's opinion and frees God to work more on our behalf because His name is now out in front and He backs His name by His word.
Acknowledging God allows us to hear His direction more clearly and follow Him more easily. We acknowledge our spouses, our bosses, our children, our pastors, our friends and other loved ones....but they are merely vessels that God uses to get to us what we need. It's easy to acknowledge God. Simply talk to Him daily. The more you talk to Him, the more you will hear Him.
Acknowledging God in all your ways motivates God to prove His word and manifest His promise in our lives. It also us to see Him and all of His manifestations in our past situations, present state and future endeavors because the more we acknowledge a thing, the more we see it and reap from acknowledging that thing. Why acknowledge sickness...acknowledge healing, God's power to heal and His promise of health and long life. Why acknowledge lack when He promises houses we did not build and a prosperity and that He will bless us exceeding abundantly-that's beyond abundance. Imagine what abundance means to you and then imagine that being superseded. What we make big in our lives is what we see and receive. Choose to acknowledge God, His word and promises in EVERYTHING. Let God be magnified and your life and livelihood will be magnified right along side.
Father, I come to you in behalf of your people. I ask that as they begin to acknowledge you more in their daily lives, choices, accomplishments, decisions, ups and downs, that you will pour more of yourself into them. Lord, I pray that you unveil the portrait of the life you have carved out for them and that they submit whole heartedly to it. Direct their paths, their steps as only you can; and, do not let them be afraid to walk the path set before them. Continue to remind them that with you all things are possible if they only believe. As they acknowledge you with a pure and sincere heart, you will shower blessings and favor upon them. This I ask in Jesus name and I say thank you for it now! Amen!
(Written/Ministered By Tara A. Moore)
Worship For Today ...
"Holy Spirit"
Ministered By Jesus Culture
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