Commit to the Lord!

“Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” - Proverbs 16:3, Psalm 37:23, Matthew 6:34 NIV

If we are fully devoted and followers of Christ Jesus, then we know that He is going to establish our plans. This is because He is the Creator (Genesis 1:1,27; Romans 8:28) and is the way of the truth (John 14:6) Thus, this means that He is the planner of everything, for the word of God declares:

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9)

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11)

Therefore, since Proverb 3:5-6 states: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight”—we have to abide and trust the Holy Spirit with the peace of God (John 14:15-17,26-27) rather than our own conviction and understanding. This is because the word of God states:

The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. (Romans 8:6)

Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith. (Galatians 6:7-10)

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12:2)

Since Romans 12:2 starts off with “Do not conform to the pattern of this world,” we must overcome the world as well if we consider ourselves as a fully-devoted follower of Jesus Christ; for “we know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one,” (1 John 5:19) and our actual citizenship is in the heaven. (Philippians 3:18-21, 2 Corinthians 5:1)

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? (1 John 5:1-5)

Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. (Ephesians 5:15-16)