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July 5, 2008
DON'T CALCULATE WITHOUT GOD
Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He
shall bring it to pass.
Psalms 37:5
http://www.SearchGodsWord.org/desk/?query=ps+37:5&sr=1
Don't calculate without God.
God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the things we have
calculated on without taking Him into account. We get into
circumstances which were not chosen by God, and suddenly we find we
have been calculating without God; He has not entered in as a living
factor. The one thing that keeps us from the possibility of worrying
is bringing God in as the greatest factor in all our calculations.
In our religion it is customary to put God first, but we are apt to
think it is an impertinence to put Him first in the practical issues
of our lives. If we imagine we have to put on our Sunday moods before
we come near to God, we will never come near Him. We must come as we
are.
Don't calculate with the evil in view.
Does God really mean us to take no account of the evil?
"Love...taketh no account of the evil." Love is not ignorant of the
existence of the evil, but it does not take it in as a calculating
factor. Apart from God, we do reckon with evil; we calculate with it
in view and work all our reasonings from that standpoint.
Don't calculate with the rainy day in view.
You cannot lay up for a rainy day if you are trusting Jesus Christ.
Jesus said - "Let not your heart be troubled." God will not keep your
heart from being troubled. It is a command - "Let not . . ." Haul
yourself up a hundred and one times a day in order to do it, until
you get into the habit of putting God first and calculating with Him
in view.
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