Posted on 10/16/2019 5:14:25 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established” (Proverbs 16:2-3 KJV).
There are three things of note in this passage.
1. A man must have good aspirations. Those are the preparations of the heart. To aspire to be right with God. That is getting your life and your motives straightened out.
2. Then his answers will be proper. When he has the right motives and aspirations are centered on God and righteousness, the obvious result will be that he will have the right answers and they will be from the Lord.
3. Since his heart is right, and his mouth is speaking with pure words, he will have the right actions.
“Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established,” those things there lead to a good thought-life. People often come to their pastor and say, “I have terrible thoughts.” Their problem is 1) they need to get their heart right with God and get their minds centered on the things of God, 2) then they need to train their mouth to speak of the oracles of God, and 3) then commit your works to God, 4) then the thoughts will be established.
“If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen” (I Peter 4:11).
It isn’t any psychological trick to getting our mind straightened out, the thing is we have to flush it out, wash it out, and retrain it. That’s really all there is to it. You have to get rid of all the old habits and replace them with new habits and commit your ways unto the Lord.
People want instant success. Just add one church service and I’ll be all straightened out, it’s going to take a while longer than that. How long did it take you to get into the mess you are in? I wish it were that quick, but we spent a lot of time messing it up. Now, God can forgive you just like that, but He can’t make you what He wants to make you just like that.
Some have habits that are bent and twisted and have been formed over a long time by the wrong motives and aspirations based around the things of this world—so you need to just junk all that and start all over again. At least with God we can start all over again.
Let’s read a chapter of Proverbs a day and see what God might have for us. As the Lord leads, share with us what God has shown you in a special way and by His grace let us build up a devotional repository. Let’s keep our knives and forks handy for some daily bread!
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BOOM ! There it is,it’s simple and easy to understand . “Commit thy works unto the Lord , and thy thoughts shall be established .” All of what we do as we go about our daily tasks should be done so that God will be pleased that we apply the abilities HE gives us to do the best we are able to do . It is amazing how more often than not that all falls into place and it seems like it was all planned . I experience this quite often when I ask the helper to be with me in thoughts,actions and tasks .
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