Commit to the Lord
“Commit
to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.” Pvbs. 16:3
This is one of my favorite “application
verses” in the Bible. It turns into an
easily personalized prayer for virtually any situation. There is tremendous power in praying God’s
word, because, as Hebrews 4:12 reminds us, the word of God is alive and active,
at work in our lives.
How have I prayed this verse over the
years? I have committed my daughter to
the Lord, so that His plans become my plans for her life, and therefore those
plans will succeed. Left to myself, I can
easily make a mess of things. I need
God’s plan, God’s wisdom, and God’s strategy.
The best start is committing whatever I am praying about to the Lord.
The word succeed in this verse in
Hebrew is kun, which is better defined as “established.” I want God to establish His plans in people’s
lives and in the various matters of life I bring to Him.
I have committed my daughter’s marriage
to the Lord, and her future children. I
have committed the prison ministry work that we have been blessed to do. I have committed my business to the
Lord. I have committed churches to the
Lord. I have committed prisons,
prisoners, officers, and visitors to the Lord.
Back in 2006 I committed my mom to the
Lord, as she lay in a nursing home in declining health. He took her home and since it was His plan,
it succeeded. Newborn babies have been
committed to the Lord, the lost girls in Nigeria and the youth of inner city
Chicago who fear for their lives have been committed to the Lord.
It is interesting that the Hebrew word
for commit is galal, which means to roll away.
I like the implication of that word; that in prayer, I am afforded the
opportunity to roll away from myself such matters. I roll them away from me and to the
Lord. I let His plan develop and let it
be established. Try praying with this
verse for 21 days and see what the Lord will do.
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