George Washington Carver was a botanist, educator, inventor and scientist. I’ve spoken of him in a number of posts. As the son of a slave, he was aware of the difficulty facing farmers, knowing that they needed more than cotton for their fields. He became Interested in peanuts. Soon he realized that there was no market for them.
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Needing help, he turned to God, in prayer. One day he prayed, “Mr. Creator, why did You make the peanut?”
Later in life he was to say, “God gave me a handful of peanuts, and went with me to the laboratory and together we got down to work.” Before he died, his research and influence produced over 300 products from peanuts Including cosmetics, dyes, plastics, gasoline, and nitroglycerine. He published many books, including one with over 100 recipes using peanuts.
James has an interesting bit of advice. He said, “If you need Wisdom - if you want to know what God wants you to do, ask Him and He will gladly tell you.” True wisdom begins with respect for God, leads to right living in the sight of God and enables us to align our goals with the goals God has for us. When we do this, we honor God, and in time, He will honor us.
All too often we start a project without letting God guide us in that project. The result is that often we run into problems with the project and wonder why. God admonishes us that we should take everything we do to Him first. This not only allows us to make sure that what we are doing is in alignment with His Will for us but it brings Him in as not only a coworker in the project but as an advisor as well.
I know, we think some things we do are too small for God to be interested in them. Nothing could be further from the truth. Our Father loves us so much that He is interested in the very smallest of our Activities. Don’t ask me how He is able to deal with everyone’s daily activities at one time. All I can say is that He is God. Since He is powerful enough to create everything out of nothing, it stands to reason He is more than capable of dealing with each of our situations. All at one time.
Next time you start a project, put it in God’s hands first and see if that project doesn’t go easier. I’ll place by bet on God anytime.
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