Psalm 143:10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!

Some years ago a friend came to me with a problem. An aunt was in poor health and asked her to move in with her and be her caretaker. She wanted to know what she should do.

My answer, “Do this and God will bless you.”

Then she rebuked me, “Why do I even ask you. You’re just telling me what God has said.”

She decided not to take care of her aunt. She missed the blessing.

Why would God ask us to do something that He knows we will not do?

It is to show us our heart isn’t right with God. That is a lesson and should teach us something about our dedication to serve God.

Matthew 25:42-45 English Standard Version

42 For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ 44 Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ 45 Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’

Service is service and is not found only in the high service titles.

1 Corinthians 12:29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?

Some of us are only called to hold the door open. Service is service. Do not think of yourselves as less because your service doesn’t have a title.

Luke 7:28 I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

If that does not make sense to you then perhaps He has not taught you yet. God is faithful to His Word, hang in there.

Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

This is the key to obedience of faith.

We desire what delights us.

Psalm 17:15 As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.

Knowing His will for us is discovered in righteous behavior. When we desire something besides Him, the Holy Spirit works at turning our faces back to look for our Lord.

We don’t have to sin to lose focus. Repentance is for committed sins. Loss of focus is allowing our attention to be distracted by seeing the world.

2 Corinthians 5:7 for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Turn our heads towards a distraction and without even realizing it our course has changed.

1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Keep looking at a thing and before you realize it you will scheme to have it.

When I am driving my wife will often comment on things she sees. I don’t see those things, my focus is on my responsibilities.

Here is another little secret about Psalm 37:4.

Ezekiel 36:26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

Psalm 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.

Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Proverbs 23:26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.

If you want to know God’s will for you, give Him your heart.