God's Design & Desire (1-2 Samuel & 1-2 Kings)

GOD’S DESIGN AND DESIRE 1 and 2 Samuel 1 and 2 Kings God’s Design and Desire 1. Pride destroys; humility builds. 1 Samuel Your Way God’s Way Rejects God’s desire for one’s life. Rejects one’s personal desires for God’s desires Leads to a life of fear Leads to a life of trust Leads to God’s judgment Leads to God’s protection Negatively impacts the people close to me Positively impacts those close to me Results in God’s name being Results in God being glorified torn down God’s Design and Desire 1. Pride destroys; humility builds. 1 Samuel 2. Humility yields to the control of God. 2 Sam. 22:31 3. My humility to God’s design and desires impacts many people. 2 Kings 15:28; 22:2 I MUST HUMBLY SUBMIT TO GOD’S DESIGN AND DESIRE FOR MY LIFE. Application 1. Evaluate how your response to God (pride or humility) is impacting those around you. 2. Humble submission is not about being perfect but about my response when confronted with my imperfection. It is the direction of my heart. 3. Man cannot thwart God’s design – God’s desire is that I work in alignment with His desires rather than my own. Application 4. Choosing my own design and desire over God leads to fear and God’s discipline while choosing to yield to God’s design and desire leads to living in joy and trust. 4. Ask yourself: where am I not yielding to God’s desires: His express commands and His biblical principles. 4. Ask yourself: where am I not yielding to God’s designs: my responses, my heart attitudes, my contentment in my circumstances, my submission to His clear leading. HUMBLY SUBMIT TO GOD’S DESIGN AND DESIRE FOR YOUR LIFE.