When I am asked, “What are your plans today?”, I usually have an answer. In fact, I maintain a “to do” list of projects and activities I want to finish today, this week, this season, next summer, this lifetime…
I know many don’t keep plans to this extreme, some lose their “to do” lists if they even make one, but nearly all of us have an idea what we’re going to do today.
Have you Inquired of the Lord?
The question is: “Have you inquired of the Lord?”
Saul
So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the Lord, because of the word of the Lord which he did not keep; and also because he asked counsel of a medium, making inquiry of it, and did not inquire of the Lord. Therefore He killed him and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse. (1 Chronicles 10:13–14)
Saul:
Didn’t keep the word of the Lord.
Asked questions of the wrong person.
Didn’t inquire of the Lord.
Judah
So I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the names of the idolatrous priests along with the priests. And those who bow down on the housetops to the host of heaven, and those who bow down and swear to the Lord and yet swear by Milcom, and those who have turned back from following the Lord, and those who have not sought the Lord or inquired of Him. (Zephaniah 1:4–6)
Judah:
Worshipped idols.
Turned back from following the Lord.
Didn’t seek the Lord or inquire of Him.
Our Privilege (and Responsibility) to Inquire
As Christians, we have the immense privilege of going directly to the Father with confidence. We have the honor of asking Him about “our” plans. We have the joy of hearing from Him.
We have the responsibility to inquire of our Commander.
One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate [inquire] in His temple. (Psalm 27:4)
Questions
Have you asked the Lord about your plans?
Does your “to do” list bring you closer to Him?
Is there anything you should do differently?
Prayer
Lord, hello me not relay on my own “wisdom, but on You. Help me consistently inquire of You.
