Divine Direction Part 2
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Introduction
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(Have Jennifer share)
Hands down most commonly asked question:
Example: Share God’s direction in our ministry life.
Example: Share God’s direction in our ministry life.
Calvary AG New York
PTAG in Mount Morris
GCA Branson
“Decisions we make today determine stories we tell.” (Craig Groeschel “Divine Direction)
Who before Do
3 God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.
Why before What
2 People may be pure in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their motives.
prov 16.2
Last week Pastor Bill - “Divine Distractions”
DISTRACTION is often that thing that takes our focus away from what is important.
is often that thing that
takes our focus away from what is
important.
This week: Divine Decisions
Many people struggle to make any decisions due to fear of failure which leads to many people missing out on God’s best for their life!
Example: “the illusion of perfection”
(Social media - everyone else’s highlight reel vs. your everyday messy life)
Huffington Post
The go-to motto for advertisers used to be Sex Sells. Perhaps that saying still holds true-for the younger crowd. But for the over fifties advertisers are hitting a new nerve—there’s a new motto in town—Perfection Sells.
But here’s the deal, or at least what I have discovered to be true for me: Perfection is just an illusion and attempting to achieve it is unhealthy, because it creates feelings of failure and inadequacy.
God’s perfect will—Afraid of imperfect or mistakes!
(Many live with the allusion that things will always be perfect and that there will never be a struggle)
My sister Kathy: “If you stay in Mount Morris, you’d be doing God’s will; If you move to Branson, you’d be doing God’s will because you’re doing God’s Work!”
6 Perhaps I will stay with you for a while, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go.
7 For I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
8 But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost,
9 because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.
Sometimes we ask God; “Tell me what to do!” but what He really wants to do is give us wisdom to decide.
When Solomon became king:
Didn’t ask wealth, riches, honor, long life, death enemies—Wisdom rule.
7 Getting wisdom is the wisest thing you can do! And whatever else you do, develop good judgment.
We’ve all said:
If I knew then—what I know now.
Directional Wisdom
1. Walk
1. Walk
20 Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
Almost impossible to live the right life when you have the wrong friends!
Listen to your momma! “Show me your Friends and I’ll show you your future”
Almost impossible to live the right life when you have the wrong friends!
Listen to your momma! “Show me your Friends and I’ll show you your future”
Newton’s Law of Motion
An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion at a constant speed and direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
Paul said: “wherever I go”
What do you need to do?
2. Ask
2. Ask
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
You know everything—(Hero) You don’t know anything—(Don’t get it.) You might know something—Turned into my parents.
8 The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.
Example: teaching Isaac to ride his bike - rails to trails in Star City (I ran along side of him the whole time)
3. Decide
3. Decide
Daniel-san, must talk. Walk on road. Walk right side, safe. Walk left side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later, get squish, just like grape. Myagi.
Daniel-san, must talk. Walk on road. Walk right side, safe. Walk left side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later, get squish, just like grape. Myagi.
Move - Ask - Decide
Where there is no moral command—God gives you wisdom to choose. Love and trust—You decide!
Paul didn’t have a “Thus sayeth the Lord experience”
1 So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens.
Make a decision - Sometimes you might make a mistake = Wisdom!
21 Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was living among us,
22 beginning from John’s baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”
23 So they nominated two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.
24 Then they prayed, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen
25 to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.”
26 Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.
Make a mistake = Wisdom!
Maybe an extra bill in the mail, Extra semester in school, Extra kid
Acts 1.21-
My God is with me—Even if I don’t get it right—He will make my paths
proverbs 32.8
8 The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.
Proverbs 32.8
We’ve been giving the Lord 100 reasons why we can’t leave, but He continues to ask us “Do you trust me?”
prov 32.8
I ask you the same question: Do you trust him?