In addition to being my birthday (well, it was still my bday when I started writing this), it was also day two of x4:12 at Hope. I was unable to get together with my parents for my birthday, and was able to stay for the closing lesson/sermon. I’ve got to be completely honest and say that I’ve been staying extra busy lately and I think that part of the reason is because I’m afraid to hear what God’s been telling me all along. That if I follow His path, I’ll never get anything I want. Sound selfish? Yeah, I thought so, too. Have I tried it my way before and bombed? You betcha. Have I learned from it? You would think so.
So, back to the lesson/sermon. It was about listening to God. Finding out his plan for me by digging deeper in prayer and in His word. I’m actually sorry that I didn’t have my Bible and journal with me; that’s how intense it was. I so wanted to find a quiet place to think and pray, but we had plans to eat after.
When I got home, I sat down to write this. I am a crazy sucker for multi tasking, so I decided to check my Facebook. As God would have it, Dr. York was also online and sent me birthday wishes via Facebook chat. And I had to ask him: How do you know if something is God's will for you and not just something you want?
His response hit the nail right on the head. “Let me put it like this: get your heart into such a state that it has no will of its own. THEN you can hear God's voice. Usually we drown it out with our own desires. But when you get to the place where it doesn't matter, so long as you do what He wants and what glorifies Him, then you can almost always figure things out”.
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