Is God Real Enough? (Proverbs 16:3)

How are we as Christians supposed to focus our minds on the Lord at all times?

"Roll your works upon the Lord - commit and trust them wholly to Him; [He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed." Proverbs 16:3, Amplified

The Lord must be our foundation. If we wish for our plans to be founded, they too must be founded on the Lord. To be established means to have a foundation. So how is this foundation laid?

Our works must be committed to Him. Well that is how the New King James Bible puts it. Here, the Amplified Version uses the term "roll". How are we to roll our works upon the Lord? "Roll (turn over) them, as a burden upon the shoulders of One who is stronger and wiser than you." (Unger) This leads to another question: Is God real? If we must commit our works to Him then He must be real to us. Think of it a bit like a chair. We sit in chairs because we have faith enough to know that they will support us. If a chair is wobbly, we are less likely to sit in it. God has been tested and tried throughout the centuries to see if He is real. In our own lives (or at least in mine) God has been tested and tried and be found real. If He is real, then committing all that we do to Him should be a natural step for us. This means of course that all that we do must have the ability to be exposed to the light. What I mean is the work that we perform must be something that you are not willing to hide.

As those works are committed to Him then what our plans are for the future can and will be established. As we commit ourselves to the Lord, our thoughts, too, will be in line with what He would desire. "Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass." (Psalm 37:5, NKJV) Our ways, our plans will be in line with what the Lord wants for us as we commit our lives to Him. Everyday make the pledge to commit this day to the Lord. Let every task be done for Him no matter how insignificant it may seem. Just as a marriage vow is real enough for a man or woman to remain faithful to his or her spouse, so should our relationship with the Lord be real enough to commit our works to Him. If He is real to you, prove it in your life, in your works, in yourself.