Beware of the Alternative

📖 Scripture

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.” – Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)

Devotional Thought:

Beloved,

When challenges persist and answers seem delayed, the temptation to seek an alternative can become very strong. However, we must remember: an alternative is never God’s original plan. Though it might bring temporary relief, it can never match the fulfilment and peace that comes from walking in God’s perfect will.

Are you contemplating an alternative route due to fear, doubt, impatience, or unbelief? Be careful as such choices can hinder or even cancel what God is preparing for you. Worse still, they may take you entirely outside of His divine purpose.

God is too faithful to fail. What He started in your life, He is more than able to complete. Your situation does not define God, He remains sovereign, powerful, and unchanging. Trust His Word. His promises are sure.

Keep walking in God’s will. Your waiting is never wasted when it’s anchored in Him.

God will not adjust His plan to accommodate your alternative. You are either inside His will or outside of it. The choice is yours.

Today’s Reflection:

1. Am I willing to trust God even when I don’t understand what He’s doing?

2. Can I surrender my will completely to align with His?

3. Why am I opting for an alternative when His promises are sure?

Prayer:

Father, thank You for being faithful, even when I am tempted to stray. Help me not to settle for any alternative to Your perfect will.

Strengthen my heart in times of waiting, that I may trust You fully.

Grant me grace to submit and align with Your divine plan for my life in Jesus’ Name – Amen.

Adeolu Bakare
CAC Word and Deliverance Assemblies