Divine Strategy

Divine Strategy

Focus Verse - Proverbs 16:3 - Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.

1. Divine strategy begins with commitment to God.    
 
                  When we surrender our plans to the Lord, He aligns our steps with His purpose. God establishes plans that are first committed to Him and shaped by His will.
Psalm 37:5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this:
God is the best planner for our lives. He plans with foreknowledge and foresight - our salvation itself was planned before the foundations of the world were laid.
James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

A GPS works only when the destination is entered correctly. When we commit our plans to the Lord, He becomes our divine navigator.

2. God’s strategy is often different from human logic.

Isaiah 55:8,9 - “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

The Jericho walls fell by God’s strategy. This is not human logic, this is divine strategy. For a wise man, even a blade of grass is a weapon.
Joshua 6:2-5 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”

Gideon’s army was reduced by God’s plan.
Judges 7:2-7 The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength has saved me.’ Now announce to the army, ‘Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’ ” So twenty-two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained. But the Lord said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will thin them out for you there. If I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go; but if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.” So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.” Three hundred of them drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs. All the rest got down on their knees to drink. The Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home.”
When we commit our future plans to the Lord and receive a divine strategy from Him, we can achieve much more than we imagine in the most simple and effortless method.

3. Divine strategy is revealed through prayer and listening.

God reveals His directions to those who inquire of Him. Breakthrough comes through divine guidance, not human haste.
1 Chronicles 14:10-16 So David inquired of God: “Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hands?” The Lord answered him, “Go, I will deliver them into your hands.” So David and his men went up to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said, “As waters break out, God has broken out against my enemies by my hand.” So that place was called Baal Perazim. The Philistines had abandoned their gods there, and David gave orders to burn them in the fire. Once more the Philistines raided the valley; so David inquired of God again, and God answered him, “Do not go directly after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the poplar trees. As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the poplar trees, move out to battle, because that will mean God has gone out in front of you to strike the Philistine army.” So David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army, all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
Psalm 25:4,5 Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
Jeremiah 33:3 Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’
A soldier acts upon a commander's instructions as a foundational, legal obligation of military service designed to ensure discipline, speed, and efficiency in operations. Similarly, prayer positions us to receive Heaven’s commands/ instructions.

4. Divine strategy produces victory and testimony,

When God’s strategy is followed, success brings glory to God and strengthens faith in others.
Proverbs 21:31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD.
2 Corinthians 10:3,4 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
Psalm 44:3 It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.

Declaration - The Lord gives me wisdom and strategy for victory. My plans are directed by Heaven.