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Posted by KnowHim (Member # 1) on :

Will reading the below scripture it stood out to me that we are not just to set back thinking God is going to do everything for us. We must think on solutions to our problems and try to do the best we can and then when we have run into a brick wall and know not what to do, God will step in and point us in the right direction. God loves His children.

It is the thoughtful, not the unthinking, whom God will guide.

But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ~ Matthew 1:20

Matthew Henry Commentary : Joseph's discharge from this perplexity by an express sent from heaven, Mat_1:20, Mat_1:21. While he thought on these things and knew not what to determine, God graciously directed him what to do, and made him easy. Note, Those who would have direction from God must think on things themselves, and consult with themselves. It is the thoughtful, not the unthinking, whom God will guide. When he was at a loss, and had carried the matter as far as he could in his own thoughts, then God came in with advice. Note, God's time to come in with instruction to his people is when they are nonplussed and at a stand. God's comforts most delight the soul in the multitude of its perplexed thoughts.

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