Welcome to my world. Seeking God, my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, is my main goal in life. Before you think me, holier than thou, realize that I didn't say, I was good at it. I simply make it my purpose, my goal, my vision, my reason for being. I will share who I am, how I got here, where I hope to go later. For now, it is enough to state my beliefs:

1. Jesus Christ is the one and only Son of God. He left heaven to be born of a virgin (Mary), lived a life where he committed no sin, at age 30 began a 3 year ministry in Israel to teach man what God was truly like, was sentenced to death and crucified for the sins of the world, died and rose from the dead 3 days later, appeared to his followers, and then rose to heaven to re-take his proper place at the right and of God. He will one day return to gather all of his believers to and take them to live with him forever in heaven.

2. Jesus is my personal Lord & savior. Even though I have sinned, along with all human beings, my acceptance of Jesus as Lord and His redeeming work of dying on the cross for my sins cleanses me from my past. Because of this, I am now a new creation; a new being. I still have the old habits, memories, and tendencies that I had before accepting Jesus; however, I now have God's Spirit living inside of me compelling me to do what is right in God's sight.

This is why seeking God, my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, is my main goal in life.

I hope that you will join me in seeking after God. Whether you believe what I believe or not, I invite you to check back and follow along as I tell my life story and journey from a non-believer to a believer.

Monday, December 28, 2009

Forget about God's Will For Your Life

I’ve been reading Francis Chan’s “The Forgotten God”. There is a chapter entitled “Forget about His Will For Your Life!”

Chan’s point is that many of us are so interested/worried/caught up in trying to discover God’s will for our lives, that we miss out on serving Him in the present. Read it in his own words:

“I think a lot of us need to forget about God’s will for my life. God cares more about our response to His Spirit’s leading today, in this moment, than about what we intend to do next year. In fact, the decisions we make next year will be profoundly affected by the degree to which we submit to the Spirit right now, in today’s decision” (Francis Chan, The Forgotten God, p 120).

He goes on to talk about how he believes that “part of the desire to ‘know God’s will for my life’” is due to fear. We are scared in making the wrong decisions and/or acting outside of His plan/will for our lives. But all too often, this only leads us to paralysis. In our search for what following God actually looks like and feels like, we often fail to actually follow. What if we act on the wrong thing? But Chan points out that God never promised to give us a 5, 10, or 20 year plan of action.

In fact, if you look at the examples in Scripture of people that God called like Abram, David, Moses, or Paul. You will see that God only gave them a few details to start with and didn’t give them anymore information until they acted on what they already knew.

So while the Bible does not tell us that God will inform us of the plans He has for our lives in advance; it does tell us repeatedly, that we will never be alone. God has promised that He will never leave us nor forsake us.

The point of all this? Well, I encourage you to get Francis Chan’s book and read it for yourselves. It is very convicting. But, I’ll let you in on the summary:

God does have a plan for your life, but He never promised to fill you in on the details in advance. If you want to follow Him, you must start by obeying Him today. Don’t worry about the plans that God has for you. If you follow Him now, I guarantee that He’ll lead you to the right place. So for now, begin with learning to listen to His Spirit and serving Him now. Surrender your life to Him now. I can guarantee that you will not end up where He desires if you do not yield to His Spirit daily.
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