I read that Elizabeth Elliot (wikipedia link about her if you don't know who she is) told a story in one of her books about two adventurers who stopped by to see her, all loaded with equipment for the rain forest east of the Andes.
They didn't ask her for any advice, just a few phrases to converse with the Indians.
She writes: "Sometimes we come to God as the two adventurers came to me -- confident and, we think, well-informed and well equipped. But has it occurred to us that with all our accumulation of stuff, something is missing?
She says that we often ask God for too little.
We think we know what we need--a yes or no answer, please, to a simple question.
Or maybe a road sign. We just want something quick and easy to point the way.
"What we really ought to have is the Guide himself. Maps, road signs, a few useful phrases are things, but infinitely better is someone who has been there before and knows the way."
There are specific things in life that God wants us to do.
He has a specific direction he wants us to take.
The question is: How do we seek God to find out what he wants?
Sometimes the way doesn't seem clear. Sometimes we can't seem to figure out which way is the right way to go, because all the ways seem good or they all seem bad.
This Sunday, I'm going to share "10 Steps To Help U Discover God's Will".
These aren't "10 road signs" that give you what you need to know - without the need to seek God. These are 10 things I've done personally in my life to help me seek God and figure out from him what my "next step" should be.
If we have time at the end, I'll give people who are there, and who want to, a chance to share any things you've learned personally about discovering God's will.
If you'd like to come be with us, our church gathering is 4:30pm-6pm this Sunday, August 8, 2010.
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