Bible Verses About Divine Initiative

For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land.

And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.

As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.

For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.

This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.

Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.

And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him.

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord.

And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.

And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee

Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.

According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

And the angel of the Lord protested unto Joshua, saying,

And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

And the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?

This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

For because ye did it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.