Fresh Manna . . . | God's Will |

This is an excerpt from Forgotton God (Chapter 6). I didn't know if this hit home for me just because of my situation but my hope is it will resonate with others too....

I think a lot of us need to forget about God's will for my life. God cares more about our response to His Spirit's leading today, in this moment, than about what we intend to do next year. In fact, the decisions we make next year will be profoundly affected by the degree to which we submit to the Spirit right now, in today's decisions.

It is easy to use the phrase "God's will for my life" as an excuse for inaction or even disobedience. It's much less demanding to think about God's will for your future than it is to ask Him what He wants you to do to in the next ten minutes. It's safer to commit to following him someday instead of this day.

People who have, in a sense, asked Him to join them on their life journey, to follow them wherever they feel they should go, rather than following Him as we are commanded. The God of the universe is not something we can just add to our lives and keep on as we did before. The Spirit who raised Christ from the dead is not someone we can just call on when we want a little extra power in our lives. Jesus Christ did not die in order to follow us. He died and rose again so that we could forget everything else and follow Him to the cross, to true Life.

When Jesus calls us to take up the cross, He is doing much more than calling us to endure the daily, circumstantial troubles of life. Jesus is calling us to be willing to suffer anything and forsake everything for the sake of the gospel. His call is to consider everything a loss for His sake. He is call is for total surrender. He calls us to give up all that we have, to give even to the point of offering up our lives as living sacrifices. His call means realizing that His power is made perfect in our weakness, that when we are weak we are also strong. (2 Cor. 12:9-10)

So far, this has been my favorite chapter in the entire book. I could type for hours on this chapter alone. Go out and get a copy today.