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Count Me In
The second truth in understanding God’s will and his desire for your life is that He loves you so much that he will keep coming back to you over and over again so that you get it. He will not let you miss it. He will persist; he will not go away; he loves you so much that he wants you to choose the right path; and, until you get it he will chase after you to win you to hear him and obey him. There is a great story that teaches this principle. 1 Samuel 3 “The boy Samuel ministered before the LORD under Eli. In those days the word of the LORD was rare; there were not many visions. One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was. Then the LORD called Samuel. Samuel answered, "Here I am." And he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am; you called me." But Eli said, "I did not call; go back and lie down." So he went and lay down. Again the LORD called, "Samuel!" And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am; you called me." "My son," Eli said, "I did not call; go back and lie down." Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD: The word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him. The LORD called Samuel a third time, and Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am; you called me." Then Eli realized that the LORD was calling the boy. So Eli told Samuel, "Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, 'Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.' "So Samuel went and lay down in his place. The LORD came and stood there, calling as at the other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" Then Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant is listening."
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The third truth in understanding God’s will and his desire for your life is he uses a few key resources most of the time – in fact, I would say these methods are used 95% of the time to discern God’s wisdom when deciding your direction. God’s resources are (1) the Bible, (2) prayer, (3) godly people in our life, (4) the wisdom of church leaders, and (5) life’s circumstances. The Bible is always your first resource in understanding God’s will. The Bible tells us many things that God is for and many things God is against. If you are parents and are trying to decide if you should be involved in a church to raise your kids up spiritually, the bible will tell you God’s will is a big yes on that one. Prayer is the second resource. Knowing what God has written, then go to prayer asking God to bring life to his written word, specifically to your situation. God controls your brain, he is in charge of your thoughts and can have great power in influencing your will. The third resource is godly people. Find godly friends and ask them for their advice. What people are you currently getting advice from? Go to godly people, people who know the Bible, people who pray, people who will consider your situation in light of the Bible. You will be tempted to run to these people before going to the bible and prayer, but don’t; this is your third resource. The fourth resource is church leadership – your pastors, your church leaders like deacons who are spiritually qualified men. This is a great resource because often times our godly friends want to make us happy, and are unwilling to say difficult things. Church leadership may offer a more unbiased perspective. The last and least important of the five resources is life circumstances. You may experience a situation or things might just fall into place or whatever this is never used as a primary resource; it should be used only to confirm the previous four resources. I see most people rely almost entirely on circumstances. For example, a job just opened up and it pays more…that is what we were looking for honey…pack up the kids we are moving. God uses difficult situations not to cause us to abandon what we are doing but to get our attention. Let me show you a video of how God used this biblical principle in Adam’s life as God called Adam and Kristen to care about this city in such a way that they chose to offer themselves to be used to bring God to this city. [Adam’s video]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The question I have asked you is this - does God want you to care about this city in such a way that you will offer yourself up to be used to bring God to this city? For Pastor Adam, Jimmy and me, the answer is God revealed his desire, his will for us to bring God to this city. Our church is about to lean in to our community in ways you have never seen, probably ways you would not expect. It will be big, it will be powerful; I plan to share more at the Good Friday service and a big reveal next week on Easter. We simply ask this – join us – the movement has already been launched so jump on the wave that is about to hit this city as we bring God to this city. |
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