The Next Installment of God's Will

So today there is much that I could say. Ways that I want to encourage you all! Instead I will begin with a continuation of yesterday. More from Francis Chan:

"God wants us to listen to His Spirit on a daily basis, and even throughout the day, as difficult and stretching moments arise, and in the midst of the mundane. Instead of searching for "God's will for my life," learn to seek hard after "the Spirit's leading in my life today." May we learn to pray for an open and willing heart, to surrender to the Spirit's leading with that friend, child, spouse, circumstance or decision in our lives right now.

To say we are not called to figure out"God's will for my life" does not mean God doesn't have purposes and plans for each of our lives, or that He doesn't care what we do with our lives. He does. In both the Old and New Testaments He tells us this is true. The key is that God never promises to reveal these purposes all at once, in advance.

Nowhere in Scripture do I see a "balanced life with a little bit of God added in" as an ideal for us to emulate. Yet when I look at our churches, this is exactly what I see: a lot of people who have added Jesus to their lives. People who have, in a sense, asked Jesus to join them on their life journey, to follow them wherever they feel they should go, rather than following Him as we are commanded. The God of the universe is not something we can just add to our lives and keep on as we did before. The Spirit who raised Christ from the dead is not someone we can just call on when we want a little extra power in our lives. Jesus Christ did not die in order to follow us. He died and rose again so we could forget everything else and follow Him to the cross, to true Life. "

That's all for today. I need to know if this is helpful to you all! If you want to hear more, I will be waiting for some feedback. Today, I will be here at home, or on the road, grocery, or office following the Spirit's leading!