DIVINE DIRECTION:THE KEY TO PROFITABILITY.

A Sermon by Pastor Moses Tumwine
Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 03:30PM

"You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore"-Psalms 16:11(Amplified Version)
The biggest problem of the world today is neither politics nor economics but lack of divine direction at both the leadership and individual levels. This explains why even the church or we the children of God are seemingly callow in the eyes of the world over which we are meant to be in charge and to command success that will attract the world to the church not vice-versa.
Divine direction is your heritage as a child of God but you must seek it to find it and when you do,you enjoy it. The psalmist said "you will show me the path of life." It's very vital for us to express our willingness to be shown that path. There is a path that God ordained for your Ministry,marriage,health,career,finances etc but disappointingly we prefer going the path that our ego, parents and friends show to us and we end up doing the wrong businesses,marrying the wrong partners and dying miserably!

All the answers to these challenges are obtainable in the presence of God which is our ultimate goal in prayer. Many a time when we do not seek direction from God we find ourselves being cajoled into temptations by the pressures of life because of our lack of access to His right hand where there are pleasures forevermore! When this happens,the results are very sure; a schizoid relationship with God and those that truly follow His direction. When you locate the path of your life, you enjoy fullness of joy and pleasures forevermore. "THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. He makes me lie down in [fresh, tender] green pastures; He leads me beside the still and restful waters."-Psalms 23:1-2 When God leads you, you become outstanding in life. The shepherd always knows the best grazing fields whose pasture will satisfy the sheep, he takes them to green pastures, not deserts. Always advise friends not be in hurry to run away from Africa in search of "green pastures" elsewhere without being sure that where they are running to is where really God wants them to go.

Many are in the deserts of their lives not because the devil is tormenting them but lack of divine direction. Not even speaking in tongues can take the place of divine direction. For example if I did not know the way to the airport to catch my flight, the least thing I need is to close my eyes and speak in tongues, but somebody to give direction on how to get there. God leads us beside "still and restful waters" not troubled and restless marriages and businesses. Some people were not shaped or formed for business at all but have chosen to it out of social influence or personal choices. Others are in professions where their star will never shine even one day because they have not located the right path.

You can not spend all the days of your life like this, doing what looks good and correct, but not right! "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with ^[a]oil; my [brimming] cup runs over. Surely or only goodness, mercy, and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and through the length of my days the house of the Lord [and His presence] shall be my dwelling place." -Psalms 23:5-6 Even when you are being led by God,the path of life is not free from enemies but with God the mighty Man of war on your side,who can fight against you and prevail. No wonder God promises to prepare a table for you before their very eyes. All those that are gossiping about you and ruining your marriage or bewitching you will see you getting blessed beyond measure in the name of Jesus Christ!And God does not stop there but He makes sure that "only goodness,mercy,and unfailing love shall follow..." all the days of your life, not some days!

God knows that without His direction your destiny is not secure. That's why He is committed to leading you in His ordained path which He knew "Before I formed thee in the belly,...".-Jeremiah 1:5 Does this not convince you that God knew the woman or man you would marry, the places to set your foot on, the businesses you would do and many other things before you came into being! When you allow God to lead you, He makes a leader out of you. Moses is a good example, as many times as you can count "And the Lord Said to Moses" appears in the Bible meaning Moses used to do according to the direction God was giving him. He was a stammerer but the journey could not continue before he finished giving direction even if it would take him eight hours to brief Aaron and the children of Israel.

A man that allows God to lead Him, God makes him a voice. I have met many braggarts whose names no one remembers anymore because their attitudes were not founded in God but their cognitive ability. "Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you in the way that you should go." -Isaiah 48:17 All the profit your life,job, marriage etc is meant to provide is in God's ordained path. "Ask....Seek....Knock" for Him to teach you according to this promise in Matthew 7:7. Only then shall you stop drawing circles around yourself in the name of working hard. Hard work devoid of God's direction is a waste of time for all is vanity! I see the Lord guiding you into your profitable path in the Name of Jesus Christ! Some of you had been written off but God is lifting you above your imagination. Keep seeking His guidance in prayer. He will be found sooner than you expected.

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-Pastor Moses Tumwater has granted permission for this sermon to be reprinted here at A Heart To Witness. -