Please, Your Ways...

Now therefore if I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know now Your ways, that I may know You, so that I may continue to find favor in Your sight. Consider also that this nation is Your people. Exodus 33:13  

"Please let me know now Your ways," this is the calendar theme for March-April 2017 which I designed for the literature office. Every time I saw the calendar at home or in my office or in the saints' home, I would pray to the Lord deep within, "Lord, please let me know now Your ways." This year I have been experiencing many deeper things in my personal life, family life, church life, and office life. I had no ready made solution for all the decisions that needed to be taken. Every time I counter a situation that entails making decisions, my innate prayer has always been, "Lord, please let me know now Your ways."

Gone are the days when I could just fellowship certain matters with some senior brothers and receive a reply with execution following suit in obedience. Now I have to bring every matter to the Lord myself first, and wherever and whenever necessary, fellowship with the concerned brothers and then make the decision. Life has been progressing, so also responsibilities. I have nothing to spoon-feed upon any longer, instead, I have to seek the Lord and find out His ways, case by case. It is a blessing to be able to exercise in this way and seek the Lord, "Lord, please let me know now Your ways."

I could not keep count of how many matters I have brought to the Lord the last couple of weeks. But one thing I keep count is, I always sought the Lord in matters big and small, "Lord, please let me know now Your ways." Either instantly or gradually, all the matters of concern were all answered one by one. Walking with the Lord is very adventurous indeed. Sometimes thrilling with anxiety, yet other times, joyfully marvelous. In all walks of life He is very subjective and real.  

In many cases, the Lord's leading is different from I what I thought the Lord's leading could possibly be; assumption doesn't work, nor trial and error. Even the past experiences of the Lord's leading in same matter cannot be copied; it changes with time and circumstances. The instant leading of the Lord is what a Christian has to seek from the Lord, case by case. So life long, we are dependent on the Lord. For every matter at all times live by this rule, "Lord, please let me know now Your ways." And the Lord will make His way known concerning the matter and the presence of God will be the issue.

"Lord, please let me know now Your ways."