People always ask me, "How do you do all you do?" I rarely say it, but truthfully sometimes it is just because I have too. Once God has shown you what you are to do, or spoken a word to you concerning your life and destiny, what choice do you really have? I guess one could disobey God? By the power of God that will not be me. I have vowed to God to do what He asks of me. I do not always feel like it. Many times I am tired. Sometimes I get frustrated. Other times I seemingly just don't have it in me. When those times come I start. I have found starting is the hardest part. Once I've made the decision to start, the follow through and at times even the want to follows.
One of the things I love about the Bible is its clarity. Sure it has some confusing passages and certain issues require a lot of study. But not when it comes to figuring out this question. God’s answers are clear, concise and to the point.
The answer to the question What does God want me to do, initially depends on where you are at in your life. If you don’t have a relationship with Him there is a first step He wants for you. After that, there are two other steps He would have you take. Let’s look at them one at a time.
More than anything, God wants to have a relationship with you. He loves you more than anything and wants you to experience that love. In order to have that relationship though, you must first believe that His Son, Jesus Christ, died to redeem you from your sin.
God proved His love by sending Jesus to die for you.
John 3:16-17 puts it this way: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”
Jesus came to save you. But why did he need to do that? What is it about a life that needs saving?
Put simply, God is perfect and we are not. Romans 3:23 says, “…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. That sin causes a spiritual separation that needs to be fixed if I am ever going to have a right standing before God.
Romans 6:23 says, “…For the wages [penalty] of [our] sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Jesus’ death on the cross and our belief in Him became the way we could bridge the gap between ourselves and God. By believing and accepting Jesus as our Savior we enjoy the reward of eternity in heaven with God.
God wants to have a relationship with you. That’s the first thing he wants you to do with your life. He will be patient. As II Peter 3:9 tells us he doesn’t want any to perish without knowing Him. He wants all to come to repentance and acceptance of who He is.
Tomorrow, we will look at the second thing God wants us to do.
One of the things I love about the Bible is its clarity. Sure it has some confusing passages and certain issues require a lot of study. But not when it comes to figuring out this question. God’s answers are clear, concise and to the point.
The answer to the question What does God want me to do, initially depends on where you are at in your life. If you don’t have a relationship with Him there is a first step He wants for you. After that, there are two other steps He would have you take. Let’s look at them one at a time.
More than anything, God wants to have a relationship with you. He loves you more than anything and wants you to experience that love. In order to have that relationship though, you must first believe that His Son, Jesus Christ, died to redeem you from your sin.
God proved His love by sending Jesus to die for you.
John 3:16-17 puts it this way: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”
Jesus came to save you. But why did he need to do that? What is it about a life that needs saving?
Put simply, God is perfect and we are not. Romans 3:23 says, “…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. That sin causes a spiritual separation that needs to be fixed if I am ever going to have a right standing before God.
Romans 6:23 says, “…For the wages [penalty] of [our] sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Jesus’ death on the cross and our belief in Him became the way we could bridge the gap between ourselves and God. By believing and accepting Jesus as our Savior we enjoy the reward of eternity in heaven with God.
God wants to have a relationship with you. That’s the first thing he wants you to do with your life. He will be patient. As II Peter 3:9 tells us he doesn’t want any to perish without knowing Him. He wants all to come to repentance and acceptance of who He is.
Tomorrow, we will look at the second thing God wants us to do.
ACTION STEP: Today, just get started. To begin is to already to be half finished. You pray for me and I will pray for you! If you've been one of the those that journey with me? Let me remind you to set that timer for fifteen minutes. Start the thing you want to tackle and then when the timer goes off--STOP! This way you will teach yourself that you really can get a lot more done than you think, in fairly short amount of time.
I believe in you and you need to believe in yourself.
I believe in you and you need to believe in yourself.
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