How do we place the Cart and Horse?

The Bible says in Galatians 6:7 that “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” It only means that we are responsible for all the problems we face in life. In most cases, even Christians fail to realize that we are not equipped to rely on our intelligence. As sinners, our righteousness is classified as “filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” (Isaiah 64:6). Indeed, sin takes us away from the presence of God so that we are unable to move Him to listen to our prayers. This is the lamentation of Prophet Isaiah. “And there is none that calleth upon thy name that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.” (Isaiah 64:7).

In Proverbs 3:5, the Bible is very clear about our limits as humans. We should neither trust in humans nor rely on our wisdom. “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” Most times, we make the mistake of trusting in our academic knowledge, financial and material possessions. Why should man that has no control of what will happen in the next minute be arrogant before God?

Those who depend on their wisdom, strength, relations, friends, neighbors and wealth can be likened to a man that put his cart before the horse. A Cart cannot pull a Horse. It is the horse that is supposed to be in front to pull the cart. This is one reason why most of us are stagnant in our marriages, work places, businesses, and education. Jesus is the Horse. We are in the Cart. Let us allow Jesus to give us direction.

When we allow God to guide us, we would make no mistakes. For God to be our guide, we must do away with arrogance, pride, and doubt. When we come to the point of realization that it is God that gives us the power to make wealth; the spirit of arrogance and pride in us will die. This is the account of Deuteronomy 8:18, “But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.”    

Furthermore, one simple way we can kill the spirit of doubt is to count our blessings. Through the acknowledgement of God’s numerous blessings in our lives, the negative spirit that make us doubt the abilities of God to take care of our needs will die and thereby free us to benefit from His abundant grace. The Bible says, without faith we cannot please God. Doubt is the weapon Satan uses to stop our faith from growing.