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Talk to you today about How to Find God’s Will in Your life.
Do You Ever Wonder, “Does God Actually Have a Will for My Life?”
I can’t tell you what God’s detailed plan for your life is, but what I want to do is help you get into a position to see what God wants to show you.
In order to see God’s Plan for your life, it will require a new way of seeing.
God wants you to begin to see things the way He does… think the way he does about yourself, life, the people around you, about the opportunities coming your way… about Him.
Finding God’s Will Begins with Learning to See & Think Differently.
Transformation starts on the inside.
We begin to think differently then we speak and act differently.
Then we learn God’s Will.
God wants to change the WAY you think.
He doesn’t just want to change what you think about.
He wants to change the way you think.
when you are faced with a decision, do you be
God wants you to think the WAY he thinks.
He wants you to think with the mind of Christ because if you think with the Mind of Christ, it makes it much easier to discern His will about things.
It makes it easier to make decisions about your career, your family, your activities in life…
If you want to know how Christ thinks, you have to get into the WOG, the Bible.
Reading the Bible is like Reading God’s Mind.
We learn how God thinks by reading His Word.
If you wan to know how God thinks about something, get into the Word.
ILL - Like a friendship, the more time you spend with someone the more you know them
God Shows Us His Will One Step at a Time.
When it comes to God’s will for your life, he usually shows us his will one step at a time and it’s usually through closed and open doors.
Sometimes, he may show you more than a step at a time, but that is very rare.
He likes to work through open and closed doors.
“When God closes one door, he will open another, but it’s hell in the hallway.”
Anyone in the hallway?
Not an easy place to be...
Solomon is saying that the path of the righteous (those trying to follow Jesus) is like the sunrise.
It begins with a faint glimmer of light and then it get’s brighter and brighter until the light of day shows all the detail of the path.
That’s the way it is with learning God’s Will.
It’s usually not a shocking discovery, but one that happens one step at a time.
God’s Will sometimes just Dawns on you.
It becomes evident one step at a time… one activity at a time… serving faithfully and finding out what God has equipped you for.
You will not discover this if you skip around church hopping and never plugging in somewhere and serving.
God’s Call or Will is not necessarily a Destination, but it’s a call to a way of life.
It’s not the destination that’s of the greatest importance to the Lord, its the path.
It’s your lifestyle… the way you live your life on a daily basis.
The destination is secondary to how we live on the way.
We see this in Abraham.
ILL - Abraham.
Abraham did not know the destination.
He just told him to leave everything.
God just said to leave your old life because he had a new life in mind for Abraham.
Leave your family that is involved in worshipping idols… your old values and friends… I have something better for you.
God says to leave the old and step into the New!
The Call is to a Way of Life
It’s not the destination but the way of life.
Abraham’s faith and his character was more important to God that where he lived.
Abraham messed up plenty of times but God kept redirecting him back on to the right path.
What does it mean to acknowledge God in all of your ways?
It means to seek his will in everything… ask him what he thinks about what you are thinking about… or fixing to do.
Not just in some things, but in everything.
Here’s the point...
The Way is More important than the Destination.
Where you end up is not nearly as important as how you got there.
Did you get to where you are though obedience or compromise?
Did you seek God’s will or just make things up as you went along.
You have to think about HOW you are living your life when you want to know what God’s plan for your life is.
Are you living the way God wants you to live? not talking about economics… job… I am talking about the values you live by.
How you are living is more important than the destination.
When God told Abraham to get up and go, he did not know where he was going, but he walked 500 miles.
He did not know here was where he was supposed to go until God stopped him and told him.
Why doesn’t God tell us the whole plan at once?
He knows we become impatient and try to take shortcuts.
(Abraham with the maid -Ishamel)
We would argue with him.
(Moses) (Jeremiah) (Gideon)
He knew it might freak us out and we would run for the hills (Jonah)
The biggest reason is that it would not require us to have faith and God wants us to have faith.
Do you want to please God with your life?
Learn to
Faith is for life… sight is for next.
We follow by faith, not by sight, not by what we see but by what we hope to see.
Faith is trusting God.
Faith is not placed in the outcome.
It’s placed in a person… it’s relational.
It’s believing in who God is… his character… not the outcome I am hoping for and without faith it’s impossible to please God.
Are you walking by faith in the light that God has already shown me?
Are you walking in the first light of dawn so the light can become brighter and brighter?
You can’t wait for everything to be perfect or to know the whole plan God has for your life
You have to get moving with the light God has given you.
How do you begin to figure Out What God’s Plan and Will is for you?
1. Look for the Sign Posts
You have to know where you are to get to where you want to go.
ILL - If you called and asked directions to the church, I would ask you where you are before telling you how to get here.
Stop and take inventory.
Where are you?
How did you get there?
What did you learn on the way?
As you look at your life, what are some successes and failures… what did you learn about yourself?
Are there any patterns you need to change?
What gifts has God given you?
Talents?
Abilities?
SHAPE - How did God make you?
ILL - Chariots of Fire - How can you run so fast?
I was made to run fast!
How are you made?
2. Travel Light.
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