BEFORE YOU SAY "I DO"
Article by Dr. Tunishai Ford
God Does Not Need
Your Help.” Trust God
to Fix Your Situation
Situation
Excerpt from the book,
"The Spirit in You"
So often we find ourselves in predicaments that cause us to panic and make hasty decisions. Then we end up running into a brick wall. After you read this sentence, you are probably thinking about such an experience. Well, while you are reflecting, allow me to give you a remedy to successfully show you how to come through problems and avoid greater pitfalls. You see, the key is not to make the problem worse than it is already. Unfortunately, this happens all too often, and we find ourselves in a jam that we do not have to experience. When you are facing a challenge, no matter what it is, you must understand the valuable lessons that I am going to share with you in this chapter. It is simply this... God does not need your help. He can bring you through your problems all by Himself and if He really needed you, your part would be so minuet that to fulfill it would only make Him chuckle with amusement.
Oftentimes, we find ourselves facing a situation that appears so incredible and overwhelming that we feel we must do
something to fix it. Now here is where the problem comes in. When the situation goes beyond our human abilities, we often do things that are out of the will of God. Instead of giving it to Him and allowing Him to solely come through for us, we feel we must help God out because He will not solve the problem to our liking.
And Moses said to the people, "Fear not. Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you today:" (Exodus 14: 13a, NASB).
Allow me to give you a scenario. A single woman who has a lot of debt and young children, who are depending on her, is out of work right now and the bills are piling up. She prayed and prayed about the situation, and she has done all she knew to do. Then one day she meets a guy, and he sees her plight. He tells her that he can help. Here is the catch; he wants to move in with her and her children. Now she wants to do the right