Entering into the new year for some it’s time to make new resolutions, take stock, set new goals and know the next purposeful and meaningful steps to take. There are times when you can’t understand why you cannot do what you want to do. When God brings a time of waiting and appears to be unresponsive, don’t fill it with busyness, just wait. Remember that the Lord who is ordering your steps will not let you stumble; the Lord who watches over you will not fail nor fall. The time of waiting may come to teach you to be patient and to persevere in time of lack, persecution, temptation etc,— all to be set apart from sin and made holy. The Lord himself will watch over you take steps He has carved out for you.  In this 2019 never run before God gives you His direction or try to force God to consent on your own plans without allowing Him into the plan. If you have the slightest doubt, then He is not guiding. Whenever there is doubt— please wait.

Let me say this, as you journey through this new year, you may see clearly what God’s will is— the severance of a friendship, the breaking off of a business relationship, or something else you feel is distinctly God’s will for you to do. I plead with you not to ignore or start binding the voice saying this because you have cancelled in your mind not to take such step and that step is “likely” the steps that will take you to victory. And when in pressure,  never act on the impulse of that feeling. Remember when David and his men arrived home at their town of Ziklag, they found that the Amalekites had made a raid into the Negev and Ziklag; they had crushed Ziklag and burned it to the ground. They had carried off the women and children and everyone else but without killing anyone. David’s men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him. But David found strength in the Lord his God (I Samuel 30: 1 – 6). If you act because you are pressured without seeking God’s face as David did, you will cause difficult situations to arise which will take years to untangle. This is what happens to many brothers and sisters that brings about losing their marriages, causing their children to run away from home, their set goals and target to be missed.  Wait for God’s timing and He will do it without any heartache or disappointment (1 Samuel 30: 7 – 9, 18 – 20). When it is a question of the providential will of God, wait for God to move. As you march in this 2019, I pray that your obedience to God’s leading will lead you to fulfil your set goals without distractions. Bear in mind that God delights in every detail of their lives (Psalm 37:23). May you attract favour from men and God. You shall be a blessing to this generation in Jesus name…..Amen!!!

Excerpts from https://utmost.org/why-can-i-not-follow-you-now