CHOOSE: TO CALCULATE WITH GOD

Calculation, in beginning mathematics, often includes subtraction. 

In the spiritual life it's a very important component of one's day---when used to subtract "our" additions. Our additions, which are not in right relationship with the Lord's plan for our day, need to be taken away. As my grandson would say, "two take away one is one." Spiritually we need to keep the "ones" which are God's and "take away" others. The terminology, subtract or take away or use of the minus symbol - , doesn't matter. God's formula for our lives is always the right answer. Subtraction often syncs with submission.
However, one subtraction is NEVER a component of a godly relationship.

Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.(Psalm 25:4-5)

One doesn't ever subtract God from any area of life---whether ordinary and seemingly mundane or crisis. To do so, allows doubt to come in from all sides.

So...I chose to begin my day prayerfully calculating with Him---and it's a good thing I used an erasable pen!

Refreshing Recalculation (3x)

2/13/12 This morning I prayed that the Lord would “refresh” me for teaching the Ecclesiastes “GPS” message again tonight.  Wouldn’t it be nice to have a bodily “refresh” button right at our fingertips---just like the one on our computers. But God….was my refresh button today. Opening the morning paper I saw the Zits cartoon equating a “recalculating” voice as coming from his mother.

Then, when I opened my email, I belatedly opened yesterday’s God Tube on-line devotional. “Recalculating Relationships.” The very first example was about GPS: Recalculating.

Next, as I began my Bible Study Fellowship lesson, I saw on page 4 of the notes, I found a “God: Our Guide” list of verses. 

Perfect for citations for my God’s Perspective Shown list of God’s leading and guiding. Leading and guiding. To me those 2 biblical words are God speak for “recalculating,” reminding us to turn back to Him.

Don’t you just love it when things come in threes. That’s the real “HEADS UP, Dots” for me---when God so clearly shows me His answers---not once, not twice, but three times!