Why Divine Guidance?

Messages for February 2017: Our Month of Divine Guidance

Message for Sunday the 12th of February 2017

Theme: Understanding Divine Guidance for the fulfilment of Destiny

Topic: Why Divine Guidance?

Introduction: One day, while having a chat with one of my younger brothers, he began to describe what he thought about destiny to me which I later found to be one of the most illustrative ways to point out the importance of God’s role in determining how we are supposed to find and successfully pursue our purpose in life. He said life is like putting a pack of boxes on the table and a person is expected to pick one out of the pack. There are so many packs on the table of life but a person is entitled to only one which would constitute his destiny. If the person makes the right choice by picking the pack containing the destiny God has for him or her, they person would be fulfilled otherwise their destiny would never be actualized. The challenge of life is getting to know which box belongs to a person. The only one who knows the right box for each person is God and that is why He is the best person to lead us to which box to choose.

As we look at divine guidance this month, we cannot get the true importance of it without seeing why we must be guided by God. Our analogy above paints a vivid picture for us on why we need to be guided by God. As we look at why we must be guided by God today, let us keep this big picture in mind.  

Some reasons for Divine Guidance:

1.     It is the means by which we come to the realization that we are the children of God: Until you are sure you are saved by grace through faith in Christ Jesus, you cannot begin to live by faith and the bible says the just shall live by faith. See Hab.2:4; Gal.3:11; Rm.1:17; Heb.10:38 and Rm.8:14, 16.

2.     It is the means for the effective pursuit and realization of a God given vision. Whereas vision is the revelation of divine purpose, the revelation alone does not guarantee that the vision would be actualized. It takes divine guidance for us to move in the perfect will of God until we get to the place of the actualization of our divine destinies. See Ps.32:8; Rm.8:14, 16 and Isa.28:10.

3.     It keeps us making the right decisions at every turn on our destiny journey: Whereas vison shows you your purpose in life, you are responsible for making the right decisions in the pursuit of vision so that you can arrive at you God given destination in time and eternity. When we fulfill any part of our God given vision, to that extent, we have arrived at a destination in time. However, to arrive at the destination in eternity, we must have run in and finished the work we were born to do like Jesus did in John 17:4. Because the main reason for our existence on earth is to glorify God [Isa.43:7]. In Ps.25:12, we learn that if we are meek, God will help us to make the right choices. As we know, destiny is the predetermined course of events in our lives determined by the choices we make. See Deu.30:19-20.

4.     It enables us to maintain a consistent and loving relationship with our heavenly father as He takes us step by step in the journey of life. See Mk.1:35; Jn.5:19 and 30.

5.     It enables us to know things to come and enjoy prudence in our lives. We are told in Prov.22:3 and 27:12 that the prudent man can see the danger from a distance and hide himself whereas the simple would move on and be punished. This is the means by which this is done in the New Testament. See Jn.16:13 and Acts 16:9.

6.     When we are guided by the Holy Spirit, we receive an accurate understanding of what we should do on every occasion to enable us live the kind of life that will lead us to the place of our redemptive inheritance. Many people go through life even succeeding in the wrong assignment without fulfilling their destinies. It is only when we are guided by the Holy Spirit that we would not only discover, but fulfill our purpose. Therefore, we would fulfill our destinies. See Isa.28:10; Jn.12:8 and Jn.5:19, 30.  

7.     It is the means by which we enjoy consistent victories in life: David was acclaimed as a man who never lost a battle in his time. He killed a lion and a Bear when they tried to steal his father’s sheep in his care. He killed the giant Goliath as a teenage boy when he came to taunt the host of Israel. Subsequently, he routed the enemies of Israel and his own enemy when the time came. The secret of his success in all his military adventures is clearly shown in his war against the Philistines in 2Sam.5:18-25. David always sought to be guided by God and God gladly led him because it is the will of God to lead anyone who is willing to be led by Him. This was also the secret of all who demonstrated victory of any kind in the bible like Apostle Paul and the Patriarchs in the Old Testaments.

8.     We enjoy divine protection by it: We see a good example of this in the book of Matthew when Joseph the husband of Mary and the father of the Lord were led to take the child Jesus to Egypt because Herod was going to try to kill him. They obeyed and the Lord was protected in infancy. See Matthew 2:13-23 and the account of the deliverance of Paul and those sailing with him in Acts 27:9-14.

What to do when we are guided by the Lord:

When God honors us with His guidance, the wise thing to do is to follow His leading. Every time people follow His leading like we have seen so far, they are blessed. When people fail to follow His leading, they fall into all manner of evil or disfavor or disgrace. Following God’s leading is a proof of humility. God gives grace to the humble but resists the proud. A proud person is one who does not follow the leading of the Holy Spirit. See the example of Adam and Eve in Gen.2 and 3. Then see the example of Esther in the book of Esther who did what she was told by her spiritual uncle and was so blessed as to be used to save the Israelites from the vindictive Harman.    

We will stop here for now but let me quickly say again that divine guidance is only accessible to the redeemed who has made Jesus Christ the Lord of their lives by faith. If you are yet to make this choice and wish to be led by the Lord, please start right away by saying the following prayer out loud in faith and you will be born again and qualified to be led by the Holy Spirit:

Heavenly Father,

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.

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