My Dad's Advice

"If you've ever felt a move of God at all, don't forget to ask Him to move again in your life. Seek Him, always, for what He wants you to do."

Tonight, I had the rare opportunity to talk to my Dad alone. So I asked him about where he thought this nation was headed--and what he thought I ought to do.

"I've asked Stephen, 'Do we need to move?' This nation is rapidly changing, alarmingly changing. I'm not sure, if this keeps progressing, we want our children to grow up here. But what do we do? Where would we go?"

Dad looked at me and answered within seconds.

After reminding me that no human entity or organization can be fully trusted--and that God is ever and always our Source of Truth and Wisdom--he started talking about the story in Judges about Gideon.

God used Gideon mightily, "a mighty man of valor," and he did mighty exploits for The Lord. But after Gideon won the battle with the Lords's help and for the Lord's people, there is no record of him having done anything else. He got a piece of land for his efforts, a house, and begin to have many children and heirs.

Yet Gideon never sought God for what was required after that battle.

Later, after the infamous Gideon story, we learn that all of Gideon's family members are destroyed.

Daddy said, "Gideon knew The Lord, trusted The Lord, did great exploits for The Lord. But why did he stop listening and seeking? Why did he stop knocking? And that's exactly why he had no further exploits" (at least that we can tell in the scripture).

And so, Dad finished by saying that we must never get to the point where we no longer ask, seek, knock on the doors to our Heavenly Father. We must seek His face and ask for His advice before we do anything. We must preserve our relationship with him.