The Obvious Choice

2 Samuel 6:9

"And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?"

Seek God's guidance, take a step. Seek God's guidance, take a step. There is no other way to live. What David did seemed like a complete 'no-brainer'. What he did seemed right... In his own eyes.

This is the first time we hear of David being afraid of the Lord. I believe prior to this David has a proper fear and reverence of the Lord, but this time it was different. David knew something was wrong.

There are times in our life where the next step seems ridiculously obvious. If we keep only our own counsel this will happen more often than not. But God's ways are not our ways.

As James admonished, "Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall beon the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that." (James 4:13-15)

Do I live my life daily, moment by moment asking, does the Lord will?