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“Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint” Prov. 29:18

Clarity is key! Seek clarity with all your might. Clarity comes from God speaking and from clear thinking. Many times we are asking God to speak and God will speak. But sometimes God wants you to think. You must know the difference.

Some time ago, it was a period of fuel scarcity. I hate fuel scarcity and I am sure you do too. So there was this petrol station that was selling fuel and I got on the queue. The queue was moving slowly but I could see the gate of the station from where I was. But there was another petrol station on the other side of the express road and they too were selling. So while still on that queue I was saying to the Lord, should I stay on this line or should I go to the other petrol station? Lord tell me, speak to your boy and God did not say anything. And I said, “Lord your boy is waiting, speak Lord and God did not say anything.

So I pressed in and pressed in and what God said to me shocked me. The Holy Spirit said, use your brain. I was like, use my brain? Oh! I have a brain. So I started thinking and analyzing - this station closes early and this queue is not moving fast.

Even though I can see the gate I may not be able to buy fuel before they shut down. The other station closes very late and even though the queue there is long I will still get to buy fuel. So I got out of the queue and I went to the other petrol station. The queue was long but I bought fuel. As I was driving back, the car in front of me at the first station was still there but the gate was now locked.

Use your brain! Many times you are asking God to speak but God says, no think! Think! Clear thinking is so powerful. The problem is that a lot of us are so consumed with certainty. Clarity is different from certainty. You can be clear without being certain. But we worry so much about being certain. You never want to take action until you are certain. If you always wait until you are certain to take action, it will be too late. All you need is clarity not certainty. When I got clarity with my thinking and I knew I needed to go to the other station, was I certain I was going to buy fuel? No! Was I clear that was what I was supposed to do? Yes!

Prayer: Holy Spirit, please help me to clearly discern Your direction, help me know the situations You require me to use my brain, in Jesus Name.

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