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CUT THAT ROPE

Text : Pro 3:5-6 ISV 

 *Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not depend on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.* 

 *A number of times, God commands you to do things that doesn't make sense to you, because your sense is too limited to contain the wisdom of God.* 

The story was told of two Mountain climbers who for reasons best known to them were on the mountain at night during winter. Accidentally, the rope of one of them fell off from the rock, and he was left dangling in the air amidst rocks on a very snowy night. 

When it was obvious that there was nothing else he could do, he decided to cry out to God for help. God responded to his cries and told him to cut the rope. 

"Cut that rope" God told him each time he cried to Him, but the man responded loudly that " if I cut the rope, I will die."

For the very last time, he cried to God again, and God told him again to cut the rope, but his reasonings wouldn't make him trust the help of God. Instead, he shouted back at God that he would die if he cut the rope. 

Well, he died eventually- not because he cut the rope, but because he refused to. By the morning when his partner located him, it was discovered that he was less than six feet to the ground. If he had cut the rope, he would have landed very safely. 

The Psalmist says trust in the Lord with ALL YOUR HEART. To trust God with all your heart is to never think your understanding is enough. Do not lean on your understanding, because it's not in man to direct his steps. Jer. 10:33.

 *_It is insulting and demeaning not to trust God, the maker of the heavens and the earth._* The best of the wisdom of man is still foolishness before God, for *the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness* .1Co 3:19.

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.1Co 1:25.

David, the man after God's heart says *It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.* Psa 118:-8-9. 

Beloved, it is wisdom to go for that which is better. 

Peradventure the Lord has been asking you to cut the rope you are holding so tightly to. Do not hesitate. The One who is talking to you is the only One who knows the end from the very beginning. *HE HAS BETTER PLANS FOR YOU, PLANS TO GIVE YOU AN EXPECTED END.* 

Your own rope may be that relationship, business, friends, association, habits, whatever, just cut the rope, do not delay. The more you delay in cutting the rope, the more you delay your miracle. Go ahead and obey God and you will never be put to shame. 

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1. Lord, I'm sorry for trusting other things but you. 

2. Help me to have unflinching trust in you Lord. 

Bible Reading: Proverbs 3:1-35.

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