God's Will

As I read God's Word I see where He says that as a believer He will make my paths straight and that He will instruct me and teach me in the way I should God. Also, that If I acknowledge Him in everything that He will direct my paths. But I never read where it will be easy. I think it is a misconception to believe that if God told me to do something, then that means it will be easy. Although that would be nice, that is simply not the case. God cares more about who we become than our temporary comfort and it's through times of trial where we grow the most.

God's Will

Listening to a podcast this morning from Andy Stanley on the Will of God. He talked about how we think something may be God's Will, even when it's not. This happens when an opportunity lines up with our prayers and passions. That is a tough combination to say "NO" to. I remember when I felt God moving me on from a past ministry and I had a couple really amazing opportunities that I could have fooled myself into saying it's God. Of course deep down, I knew and my Keri knew that it wasn't right. Andy used the example of when David was hiding in a cave because King Saul was trying to kill him. Saul goes into "relieve himself" (yes it's in the Bible) and David who is in line to be the "rightful" king has a chance to speed things up and kill Saul. David's warriors are telling him, "God has delivered Saul into your hands," but David does what is right. Everything seemed to line up for David.....except for this line in the Bible that says it's against the law to kill the king. Besides, was that a story worthy of telling your grand-kids of how you took the throne! In God's time, it all played out.