Overcoming Obstacles to Progress

 OBSTACLES

We all want to experience progress in our life. Whether it’s our employment, our relationships with family and friends, or even our conscious contact with God, we want things to get better.

If you’re like me you’ll easily agree with that but then comes that next important question, but how do we achieve that?  God is so kind to tell us directly and simply how to go about that.

In everything you do, put God first, and he will direct you and crown your efforts with success. 

Proverbs 3:6

So God guarantees us success when we put God first and follow His direction.  So, what’s the problem?  We put a huge obstacle in our own path to success when we simply fail to seek God’s guidance.

Our natural tendency is to do what we like to do, and before we know it, hours have gone by and we’ve wasted our day on things that are not contributing to our objective.  What did God have in mind for us to do today that He wanted to bless and bless us for doing it?

All of us have 24 hours in a day.  If we want to achieve the goals we set, we need to admit that we are allowing obstacles to get in the way of our plans.  We need ask for guidance, make a plan or a schedule, and then stick to it, in spite of distractions that will surely come. 

Loving God, we long for our day to be successful.  Help us today to make conscious contact with You over and over again so we know we’re finding what You want us to do and how to go about it.

And Lord, You never planned for us to figure everything out on our own and get it all done ourselves so help us to overcome obstacles by being willing to seek wise counsel from those who can offer us experience, strength, and hope. 

And then, give us humility and grace to pay attention and to actually put that advice into action.  We believe that You will take us further down the path to our goals and over what previously seemed impossible obstacles when we do these simple things.  Amen

Well, the Bible encourages us with these words:

Refuse good advice and watch your plans fail; take good counsel and watch them succeed 

Proverbs 15:22

Let’s get good counsel from God and other wise people, make the best plan we know how to, and then take action.  I just bet this will be a successful day if we do that.