Excerpt from Discover Your Destiny by Cary Schmidt
Surely,you can miss God's will for your life,but the question is how?Psalm 32:8,God taught me that missing His will was more related to me denying His leading than it was to me missing His clues.
I had this mental picture that God had created a perfect will,hidden it among all the other options of life,amd then sent me into young adulthood to find it for myself.My idea was that it was a scavenger hunt for my destiny,and I was truly hoping to find it.I was afraid of missing it.
The promise in Psalm 32:8 taught me that there is NO WAY for a surrendered person to miss God's will,apart from God breaking His promise.(That's impossible!) He has promised to lead you and guide you,so long as you are lead-able.He says in verse nine,"Be not as the horse,or as the mule,which have no understanding..." In other words,if you choose to resist,if you choose not to be lead,like a stubborn mule or horse,you will miss it.So,God says,"don't be that way!"
If you're spending a great deal of time worrying about God's will-stop.Focus more on drawing close to Him,walking with Him,and knowing Him.Concentrate on having a surrendered heart.Consume yourself with being lead-able,and God will take care of everything else.-Pg. 177
Surely,you can miss God's will for your life,but the question is how?Psalm 32:8,God taught me that missing His will was more related to me denying His leading than it was to me missing His clues.
I had this mental picture that God had created a perfect will,hidden it among all the other options of life,amd then sent me into young adulthood to find it for myself.My idea was that it was a scavenger hunt for my destiny,and I was truly hoping to find it.I was afraid of missing it.
The promise in Psalm 32:8 taught me that there is NO WAY for a surrendered person to miss God's will,apart from God breaking His promise.(That's impossible!) He has promised to lead you and guide you,so long as you are lead-able.He says in verse nine,"Be not as the horse,or as the mule,which have no understanding..." In other words,if you choose to resist,if you choose not to be lead,like a stubborn mule or horse,you will miss it.So,God says,"don't be that way!"
If you're spending a great deal of time worrying about God's will-stop.Focus more on drawing close to Him,walking with Him,and knowing Him.Concentrate on having a surrendered heart.Consume yourself with being lead-able,and God will take care of everything else.-Pg. 177
So... I just scrolled through your ENTIRE blog! I didn't read everything, but many things :-)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, back to the post at hand... denying His leading sounds so harsh doesn't it... I would much rather say I missed His clues... like maybe His clues were hard to find and it is His fault. Ouch... good thoughts. Thanks for sharing!