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Think about Him in all your ways and He will guide you on the right paths. Proverbs 3:6

One time Robert spoke to the students of Bryan College in Tennessee about God's guidance over matters large and small in our lives. Afterward, he was bombarded with questions. Another speaker had suggested that God establishes certain parameters for our lives, but He doesn't involve Himself in specifics, that He doesn't specifically know or ordain our steps. 

But God's guidance is detailed, daily, personal, unfailing, and preplanned, as Psalm 139:16 says: "All my days were written in Your book and planned before a single one of them began."  If He has planned all my day, I should acknowledge Him in all my ways. That means developing the habit of deliberately pausing to ask God's will before making a purchase, giving an answer, writing a letter, making a decision, or taking an action. Acknowledge Him as Lord of that matter.

This was Nehemiah's habit, as we see in chapter 2 of his book: "Then the king asked me, 'What is your request?' So I prayed to the God of heaven and answered the king." In the royal palace in Susa that day, no one noticed the slight pause in the conversation. But during that strategic second of silence, Nehemiah shot an arrow of prayer heavenward and consulted God, quietly asking: "Lord, give me wisdom and grant me favor!" 

Strategic pauses like that throughout the day would save us from many mistakes.