| 17 Mar 2015 |
| GOD'S WILL FOR YOU (2) |
| 'I delight to do Your will, O my God...' Psalms 40:8 |
| In
discovering and doing God's will for your life, you must come to terms
with what you think you should be. Comparison kills spiritual growth.
For example, the mother of three young children hears her pastor preach
about Christians who rise at dawn every day to spend an hour of quiet
time with God. The fact is, she'd love an hour of quiet time--anytime!
But her kids won't cooperate! So what she takes away from the sermon is
that she doesn't measure up as a Christian. In essence, she's practising
'spirituality by comparison' and living under a cloud of guilt. It
doesn't occur to her that the love she expresses to her children counts
as a spiritual activity. Or that she may be serving God more faithfully
than somebody who neglects their family in order to have that hour of
quiet every morning. Another example: a gregarious, spontaneous husband
is married to a woman who enjoys solitude. It comes easily to her.
Nevertheless, he feels like he's a failure when it comes to prayer
because he doesn't enjoy being alone the way his wife does. He doesn't
consider that his joy and willingness in serving others counts, or that
the degree to which he loves them is shaping his soul and delighting
God. 'Should' is an important word, but when it comes to spiritual
growth, God doesn't want you to obey Him just because you 'should'. He
designed you to want His plan for your life--to get to the place where
you can say, 'I delight to do Your will, O my God.'
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