Experiencing God

This week I began revisiting a study that my husband and I did several years ago with friends at our church in Orlando. It’s called Experiencing God, and I highly recommend it to anybody who, like me, has a hard time “hearing God’s voice” or seeing His will.

One of the most valuable things this first week has (re)taught me is that I look at the world backwards. If I want to know God’s will, I, like many people, ask what His will is for me or what His plans for my life are. But throughout the Bible, God works His will through His people by asking them to obey Him in faith. He’s probably not going to give me a life roadmap or tell me exactly what the results will be down the road; instead, he asks me to obey, and as I do that each day He’ll take me forward in His will one step at a time.

Another point I needed to be reminded of: God is always at work around me. I need to look around to see what He’s already doing, and then respond to His invitation to become involved in that. I think I get so hung up on what I should be doing, where I feel I’m needed, that I ignore the fact that He’s already got a plan and He’s working it out; he is just gracious enough to let me be part of it if I’m willing.