Greetings Internet Campus,
Today we wrap up our week-long study of "The Shepherd" from last weekend's message.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart;
do not depend on your own understanding.
Seek his will in all you do,
and he will show you which path to take.
This verse summarizes everything we've studied together this week....
If we are going to follow the Shepherd we have to wholly trust, listen, and follow. God wants us to trust Him completely. He wants us to lean on Him with our whole weight....leave nothing behind. The Shepherd is asking for our entire heart...all that we hold dear...all that we worry about...all that we care for...all that we ARE. I don't know about you, but sometimes I want to hold some of that in. Can I really hand everything over? Can I really trust God to handle ALL of my life? Yes. That's what the Shepherd is for. God wants us to know that He will lead us to the greener pastures...we don't need to hold anything from Him.
We've also got to listen to the Shepherd. We all feel the nudges. We all know what the right thing to do is...are we listening to it? Has God been talking in quiet whispers...and we just drown Him out with our loud cries? The Shepherd speaks in movements as well as words. He is putting people in your life right now that are there to help you. He is ironing out the financial wrinkles that you are worried about in 2008. He is laying out the next challenge for your life...with the purpose of growing your character and dependence on Him....
All we need to do is listen.
Lastly, we need to follow. His will for us is findable, it is perfect, and it is clear. Once we trust Him and listen to Him, following Him will be our natural response.
Jesus came to Earth to Shepherd. He came to lead, direct, and love. Are you following?
Daily Challenge: In your journal today, write a prayer to God. In it...tell Him how you are going to trust Him more....listen for His voice....and follow His perfect direction.
Thanks for being here this week...if you are enjoying the new format, please let me know in the comment section. I'd love to know how God is working in your life!
Pastor Brian
Friday, January 11, 2008
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4 comments:
Pastor Brian,
I am so hoping people are loving this format as much as I am.... You have stretched a great teaching out and expanded on it... Sometimes it is hard to really get everything a teaching is trying to show you in it's live format (why I take feverish notes and keep teaching inserts filed alphabetically by subject - I know a little organization crazy there.... but thats me!) This format brings me back to thoughts I had during the weekend teaching and then goes more in depth. I LOVE the question or sort of assignment part. This guides me to go even deeper and get even closer to what God is showing me through these verses and teachings.
I love your thought about God putting people in our lives to help us and laying out our next challenge to help us grow. I so feel that.... In my own life... as my faith and connection to God grows... I find evidence of God at work in my life EVERYWHERE I look..... before God led me to Flamingo Road... I believed He was real and there... but I lacked faith that God was at work everyday in my life. I believe God has used Flamingo Road Church and it's people, to open me up and reveal Himself to me in ways I was unable to see and feel before. I am forever thankful and so blessed that He brought me to FRC, it is truly holy ground.
Tami
thank you Brian for this morning devotion. I was not sure how to begin doing my quiet time with God and this really makes a difference for me. Thank You!!
Pastor Brian, I think is great having a week long study based on the weekend teaching.
I was wondering if there is a way that i can receive this daily devotional via email each day. I try to remember and visit it to read but sometimes I honestly forget. Is there a mailing list?
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