Today I am in the opening day of my new study called Experiencing God. Day 1 is entitled, "Jesus Is Your Way". All too often we find ourselves, and I know I do this myself particularly, seeking God's will. This is a beautiful thing. There could be issues in seeking God's will. Obviously I am not here to tell you that the issue itself is seeking God's will. I rather want to pose the question of how are we seeking God's will.
There are two ways to ask this question:
1. Lord, what do you want me to do? When do You want me to do it? How shall I do it? Where shall I do it? Whom do you want me to involve along the way? And please tell me what the outcome will be?
2. Lord, as You go with me, tell me what to do one step at a time. I will do it.
Let's dive into the Word to justify our decisions in how we seek God's will to follow him.
Jesus said in John 14:6, "I am the way and the truth and the life". When we get to a place in our life where we trust Jesus to guide us one step at a time, we experience tremendous freedom! Further, we know this about Abraham, "The LORD had said to Abram, 'Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you."
Where did God tell him to go? Did he say what would happen" Well, yes, that he would make him into a great nation and bless him. Solid. But God essentially said to follow him. He didn't point out all that Abraham would face, but simply said follow me. Jesus did this to his disciples and he does this for us today. He doesn't say, "If you follow me, x-y-z will happen." In fact, his commandment had very little context to those who initially served Him. They simply were told to follow him.
Matthew 6:33-34 states, "Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.".
Beautiful. I love it when scripture just rocks my world. Jesus said do not worry about tomorrow. But God, what about the trials at work? Don't worry about tomorrow. Ok, then what about my journey with you in the future? Is it your will that I stay where I am or to do something else? DON'T WORRY ABOUT TOMORROW.
