This Means I'm Still Pregnant
Don't Calculate Without God; July 5th from "My Utmost for His Highest"--
Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37: 5
Don't calculate without God.
God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the things we calculated on without taking Him into account... the one thing that keeps us from the possibility of worrying is bringing God in as the greatest factor in all of our calculations.
In our religion it is customary to put God first, but we are apt to think it is an impertinence to put Him first in the practical issues of our lives. If we imagine we have to put on our Sunday moods before we come near to God, we will never come near Him. We must come as we are.
Don't calculate with the evil in view.
Does God really mean us to take no account of the evil? "Love... taketh no account of the evil." Love is not ignorance of the existence of evil, but it does not take it as a calculating factor. Apart from God, we do reckon with evil; we calculate with it in view and work all our reasonings from that standpoint.
Don't calculate with the rainy day in view.
You cannot lay up for a rainy day if you are trusting in Jesus Christ. Jesus said-- "Let not your heart be troubled." God will not keep your heart from being troubled. It is a command-- "Let not..." Haul yourself up a hundred and one times a day in order to do it, until you get into the habit of putting God first and calculating with Him in view.
