The Holy Spirit wants you to know today that some needless things in life you suffer are only because you did not commit them to Him in prayer and are responsible for the much heartache and shame in your lives. Many of the things we believe we can handle are the very things the enemy uses to trap us and make a mockery of our Covenant relationship with God. The Holy Spirit reminded me of a situation that happened when we as a family went on vacation to Florida.

We had committed all our plans to Him and prayed on all the things we would do, but only did not pray about the Church services we would attend as we knew the ministry we would attend as we knew the Pastor and the messages he preached. We presumed that because it was a Christian event it would be fine.

Well guess what! That was the only hitch we had and as we went to the service on that day we had so many hitches on the way going and we wanted to turn back, but suddenly the way seemed to open up making us believe God was on our side and we would be blessed. Once we arrived at the Church all sorts of things started going wrong and continued happening. Till in the end after leaving the service we had an accident where a motorcycle hit us from the back which nearly ruined our whole trip.

Satan tried to use our concern for the driver of the motorcycle being hurt to minister to him to cause me to be charged as the police came by and wanted to put points on my license for an accident I did not cause. He broke his legs in the fall because he was going very fast. I was hit from the back at a traffic light on a red light as I stopped to obey the sign, but the driver wanted to beat the light so did not stop and he was drunk so ran into the back of the car. The Lord was gracious to us and we got a solution as we spoke to the policeman who explained to us the law in Florida if you are hit from the back.This meant we could enjoy the rest of our trip and not have this charge against me.

However, that problem: the accident followed us home and was not resolved until much later when the Holy Spirit spoke to me to let the matter go as the rental company sought to get the man to pay for the damage but he had no insurance. He reminded me that because I had not committed that portion of the trip to Him we had so much trouble because the enemy had room to do things we could not imagine.

The Holy Spirit was reminding me today to bring every small thing to Him and not presume I can handle it because it seems small. He reminded me to commit all my ways to Him and not exclude what I think I have covered. We must allow Him to cover every area as we talk to Him on the small details which seem insignificant but can become a huge mountain before us.

So today bring to the Holy Spirit all the small things you are sure you can handle and watch how you will avoid major obstacles and problems which have been your failures in the past. Please take note of these words and let the grace flowing from them empower you to reflect on your journey with the Lord and get free from the presumption that has harmed you in the past in Jesus Name. Amen.