GOD WILL GUIDE YOU - A DEVOTIONAL BY LATE BRO. DGS DHINAKARAN

"For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure." - Philippians 2:13

God wants you to be successful in your life with His favor, time and chance. He will help you to achieve your goal as your times are in His hands.

“…The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all” (Ecclesiastes 9:11).

The Bible says that knowledge and wisdom alone are insufficient for doing any business or work and thereby prosper out of it. The favor of God, time and chance are also essential for the success of any man.

When should one start a business or any work for that matter? "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven" (Ecclesiastes 3:1). "Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, Why do those who know Him see not His days?" (Job 24:1).

To those who trust in the Lord, He makes known when they should start a particular business or work. “For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13).

A couple of years ago, I saw a television clipping about what happened in the city of Paris. The people of that city brought innumerable baskets of tomatoes and threw them on the street. What was the reason for this strange act? A bumper harvest of tomatoes that year had caused a very steep fall in the price of tomatoes and none came forward to buy this perishable commodity. Therefore, they threw the tomatoes on the streets and crushed it.

It so happened that the previous year harvest of tomatoes did not met the demand and hence the price of tomatoes was unusually very high that year. Hoping the same condition would prevail the following year, most of the people planted tomatoes and this led to the drop in price, which resulted in such a strange scene. None of them realized that particular year was not suitable for the cultivation of tomatoes. As a consequence of this, the people were faced with a great loss. The times are in the hands of the God.

Once there lived a certain woman whose husband was a drunkard. Tears moistened her pillows at night. “Is there nobody with whom I can share my burden? Will no one deliver me from this mess?” Thus questioned her frame of mind. One evening, as usual her husband came home staggering in a drunken stupor only to find his wife sending petitions to the Lord. He heard what she said. “Lord! Please save my husband. It’s true that he beats me ruthlessly but despite all his actions, I love him.” On hearing these words, he was moved to tears. He knelt down beside his wife and wept.

After prayers, he looked at his wife. “Although I have stopped drinking, the quench for drinking more does not leave me in peace. At that time, I feel like drinking something. Even now, give me something to drink.” His wife immediately opened the fridge and mixed all the left over fruit juices together with soda and gave it to him. She continued to give this to him whenever he felt the urge to drink and it tasted good. Then they branded this product and sold it so much so that it fetched fortune for them. The wisdom of God made them rich. The drunkard made this statement. “Through this product, I stopped drinking and I wish the people of my land should also benefit by this product.” Thus this product came into the market with a very good intention and the couple became millionaires. They are children who love the Lord and God showed them this path. This Wonderful Lord will perform mighty miracles in your life also.

The times are in the hands of God. He will put the desire and thought about a particular work or business in you. Never be carried away to start any business just because you happen to see someone doing a particular business and are thereby enjoying a fairly high level of financial freedom and economic liberty. Cling firmly to the feet of our loving Lord Jesus Christ. At the apt time, He will put the desire and thought about the business which you should start or the course you have to study or the activity you have to do and will also help you work at it.