Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in Him and He will act.

Psalm 37:5

Did you ever see something, a sign, a saying on a t-shirt, that looks Scriptural at first glance, but when you think about it, it’s really wrong? The intent is good, but the message is not aligned to God’s word?

I keep seeing these little ads everywhere for signs that say:

“When all else fails, trust God”.

At first, I thought “That’s right. Trust God.”, but then I started really thinking about it and realized it’s actually very, wrong – dangerously wrong even.

Read it again.

“When all else fails, trust God”.

Do you see it? It’s the first clause in the sentence, “When all else fails“.

Sweet friend, why on earth would we wait until all else fails before we trust God?!

That’s horrible advice!

It’s completely the opposite of the directive that God gives us in His word.

God’s word tells us to “commit our ways” to Him; some translations write it “commit everything you do”.

God doesn’t want us to run around trying our own way – messing everything up probably – only to fall back on Him in a sad, tired, frustrated, broken heap when all else has failed.

No way! That’s not God at all. Our Heavenly Father wants us to live victoriously!

He calls us overcomers and conquerors for a reason!

Check out:

• 1 John 4:4 – Little children, you are of God, and have overcome them; for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
• Romans 8:37 – No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Soak up:

• 1 John 5:4 – For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
• Deuteronomy 20:4 – For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.
• 2 Corinthians 2:14 – But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.

“When all else fails…” that’s the enemy talking there.

The enemy loves a hot mess, BUT GOD – say this next part with me – BUT GOD WANTS US TO LIVE VICTORIOUSLY IN CHRIST JESUS!

How do we do that?

We commit our ways, everything we do before we do it, to the Lord. We pray over problems and decisions, over our relationships, our finances and our work plans, over our family planning; we pray over everything. We study His word to better discern who He is and what He desires of us and for us. We listen, listen, listen for Him and to Him.

Dear heart, God is faithful to rescue us even if we choose the “when all else fails” approach, but why oh why would we ever want to put ourselves through the “fails” part?!

Why choose the reactive approach when God has given us a perfect proactive approach to avoid a lot of heartache and struggle?

Brothers and Sisters, let’s choose to be more proactive today! To commit our ways, everything big and small, to the Lord! I am fully persuaded that we will not be disappointed!