JULY 23 – D.I.Y?

Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant, for his descendants after him” - Genesis 17:19-20

Do you, like me, often line up with Abraham in the Do-It-Yourself Depot of life? Somethings broke? Here, I'll fix that. Someone's hurting? I can solve that problem. Someone's angry? No worry, I'll talk to them. Seems I have an unflagging desire to make right, all that seems wrong.

Abraham desperately wanted a “fix” for his childlessness and asked God to bless Ishmael. But God couldn't go along with Abraham's solution, God had a plan – He's promised, and it had to be fulfilled His way – Abraham and Sarah would have a son. In time God fulfilled His promise, but it wasn't without Abraham's regret seeding the ground for strife between Isaac and Ishmael. Abraham's do-it-yourself solution has repercussions down to this point in time.

What is the promise God has made to you? Are you attempting to fulfill that promise in your own way – your own time? Your own energy and strength? Through your own schemes and strategies? No matter how tempting and right a solution may appear, always, always, talk it over with the Lord. Compare your solution with His Word, His character, His spirit. Anything short of complete trust in God's instruction will ultimately lead to regrets and disappointment. “If only” living is not living at all.

Don't be a “I-Will-Fix-It.” Forget the D.I.Y. and take the predominant problem, or concern, that is on your mind and affecting your life, to the Professional.

Music for today is “Surely Our God is Able” - sung by the Gaithers. Click on the picture to join in