Consulting God

2 Samuel 2:1-3 (New Living Translation)

1 After this, David asked the Lord, “Should I move back to one of the towns of Judah?”
“Yes,” the Lord replied.
Then David asked, “Which town should I go to?”
“To Hebron,” the Lord answered.
2 David’s two wives were Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel. So David and his wives
3 and his men and their families all moved to Judah, and they settled in the villages near Hebron

Saul was dead and David need to know what to do? Every step David was asking God what do I do now, he was totally dependant on the LORD to answer him. I remember reading when GOD led Israel in the wildness.

Numbers 9:15-26 (New Living Translation)

15 On the day the Tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered it. But from evening until morning the cloud over the Tabernacle looked like a pillar of fire.
16 This was the regular pattern—at night the cloud that covered the Tabernacle had the appearance of fire.
17 Whenever the cloud lifted from over the sacred tent, the people of Israel would break camp and follow it. And wherever the cloud settled, the people of Israel would set up camp.
18 In this way, they traveled and camped at the Lord’s command wherever he told them to go. Then they remained in their camp as long as the cloud stayed over the Tabernacle.
19 If the cloud remained over the Tabernacle for a long time, the Israelites stayed and performed their duty to the Lord.
20 Sometimes the cloud would stay over the Tabernacle for only a few days, so the people would stay for only a few days, as the Lord commanded. Then at the Lord’s command they would break camp and move on.
21 Sometimes the cloud stayed only overnight and lifted the next morning. But day or night, when the cloud lifted, the people broke camp and moved on.
22 Whether the cloud stayed above the Tabernacle for two days, a month, or a year, the people of Israel stayed in camp and did not move on. But as soon as it lifted, they broke camp and moved on.
23 So they camped or traveled at the Lord’s command, and they did whatever the Lord told them through Moses.

Then I remember reading about when Israel was entering the promised land. The Gibeonites deceived Israel you can read the story in Joshua 9. But the important verse is 14 when it says:

Joshua 9:14 (New Living Translation)

14 So the Israelites examined their food, but they did not consult the Lord.

The words of Jesus speak to my heart:

John 15:5 (New King James Version)

5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

See most of the time I think apart from HIM I can do a little or alot, depending on my emotional state that day. The truth is without HIM I can do nothing and I like David need to consult HIM every step of the way.