Good intentions are not good enough

"Now, my son, the LORD be with you, so that you may succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as he has spoken concerning you. Only, may the LORD grant you discretion and understanding, that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the LORD your God. Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel." (1 Chron. 22:11-13).

Although David desired to build God's house, God revealed to him that it was not His will for him to do so. Solomon his son was given the responsibility by God to build the house of the Lord. If you desire to do something for God good intentions are not good enough. In order to have God's blessings we must not only seek to do God's will, but we must do it God's way.

Too often we are more focused on achieving a result more than being faithful to God's word. Pleasing God, which is what our ultimate desire ought to be, is not about failure and success, but faithfulness and service. In fact God's doesn't want us to do something for Him, He wants to do something through us. The Apostle Paul wrote, "For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure" (Philip. 4:13).

"What a blessed peace possesses us when once we realize that we are not called on to originate or initiate, nor to make great far-reaching plans and try to execute them; but just to believe that God is prepared to work through our hands, speak by our life, dwell in our bodies, and fulfill in us the good purposes of His will. Be full of God’s rest. Let there be no burry, precipitation, or fret; yield to God’s hands, that He may mould thee: hush thy quickly throbbing pulse! So shalt thou build to good and lasting purpose" (F.B. Meyer).

Don't tell God what you want to do and then ask Him to bless it. Find out what God wants you to do and do it relying on His grace to get it done. You see "God's will done God's way will never lack God's supply." Therefore focus on being faithful to God's word as you serve Him and leave the results to Him.