You Can Turn Things Around

“If my people would but listen to me, if Israel would follow my ways, how quickly would I subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes! Those who hate the Lord will cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever. But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” – Psalm 81:13-16

Someone wise once said doing the same things and expecting different results is just insanity. If we do not like the results that we are getting, we need to change what we are doing. God’s Word is clear. He is not an opinion or a philosophy or a religion; the Lord is Reality! If He has given us instructions for us to follow and we chose to go our own way, we cannot expect to reap the promises that have been declared for those who obey. I always tell my children that to obey is much better than sacrifice.

It is so easy to see wisdom in our own methodologies and to go astray. I can identify with you if that is where you are. There are some things and some paths that God will ask us to do and to take that will make no sense. But the Bible has forewarned us in Isaiah 55:8 that our thoughts are not his thoughts neither are our ways his ways. It tells us in 1 Corinthians 3:14 that the man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. They are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned. We must never expect to get to the right destination going the wrong way neither can we do the wrong things in an attempt to make things right. If we are really serious about change and turning our lives around, we must listen to the Lord and surrender to His ways.

I am grateful that God is a God of grace and mercy. I am thankful that He is a God of many chances. If all hell is breaking loose around you today, check yourself; evaluate your commitment to the Lord. Are your problems self-inflicted or are you suffering because of your life of righteousness? If you are suffering because of your neglect of the Word of God, there is hope. God promises to turn things around when you listen to Him and follow His ways.