“google it” or “God it”?

Good morning family it’s such a beautiful day today, and I’m so happy to get the opportunity to share my thoughts and prayers with you. I wasn’t sure where I was going this morning but after my men’s group this morning it clearly came to me. Where are we placing our faith, our reliance, our reasoning? All the things we receive in our minds are misguided and wrong directional thinking if you will. Now please don’t take me wrong this isn’t 100% of the time with any of us, but it is a place we all tend to fall from time to time. Off track with our thinking, or better put our seeking. What in the world am I talking about with this crazy ramble this morning? Well let me explain. When we ask questions about absolutely anything where does people or ourselves tell us to go? It’s said, “google it”, but we should be saying “God it” or “Word it” or straight to the point “take it to the Word” or “what does the Word say about it, first”? Are we doing this? What is our first direction of thinking? Are we truly thinking take it to the Lord or are we googling it? Just in case your asking. Yes! Even the simplest things, how to bake this or that, should I bake this or that, what should I do about my financing, who do I trust with my financing, who do I turn to for my remodel, what color do I die my hair? So on and so forth! All these questions are minutiae in a since and irrelevant in our minds as to what we should ask the Lord or put to the Word. Truth is nothing is minutiae or irrelevant in our lives when it comes to the Lord and what we measure up to the Word. All things need taken to the Lord, ALL THINGS! When Jesus was facing Satan for the 40 days of temptation he continued to respond to Satan with “the scriptures says” in Luke 4 verses 4,8,12. Jesus put absolutely everything up to the scriptures especially in such a time as He was tested by Satan. Nothing replaces scripture when weighing it to the world.

1 Peter 1:7 - 

These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.

We need to remember this in all our endeavors or lack of endeavoring if ya will. Are we staying in the Word and measuring up all our decisions in comparison to what the Word says, or are we asking what the world thinks such as “google it”? I hope and pray we take this in for just a minute and ask, Father help me to seek you and your Word rather than myself or the world in even for the most minute of things in life. Push through your daily grind this week with a remembrance of the strengthening of your faith in all tests and trials that arise in your walk. 

Father give us strength and continuously remind us to turn first to you and the Word before we look anywhere else for our answers. I ask all in the holy precious gracious humble name above all names, Christ Jesus, Amen!