Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.

The story about the Gibbianites deceiving the Israelites, and this verse

summarizes how this deception happened. They did not ask counsel from the Lord.

They moved forward in making decisions as if they did not need to ask God

what he thought, and how he was leading, and how he was directing them.

And there are so many things in our lives. I just think about decisions we make

every day. We will all make decisions today. We'll all make decisions tomorrow.

And Scripture calls us to God, and His Word calls us to pray continually to

seek God continually. So as we make decisions, particularly significant

decisions, we must make sure that such decision-making is covered in prayer.

That we are seeking the Lord all the time, asking, inquiring of the Lord, God,

what do you want me to do here? God, what do you want me to do there? This is why

it's so imperative for us to spend time with the Lord in the morning. One of the things

I try to do during my time with the Lord in the morning is just pray through each

part of my day that I know is coming. Obviously, there are many things you don't know

are coming. You can't plan every single thing in your day and God often redirects our steps,

but that's it. I want to pray through different meetings I have or different things I know I'll

be doing different time. I'll be spending with different people and to pray for those people and

to pray for those things, those meetings, whatever it might be. And then to pray, God, please grant

me wisdom. Please guide me in this way and that way all throughout the day. And then God, please

give me sensitivity to your spirit as you lead and guide in so many different ways. I don't see

coming that I've not planned for, but that's just it. We need to be a people and need is the

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