Wednesday 1-9-08

Greetings Internet Campus,

Today we continue our look at the Shepherd. God wants us to follow Him as the master Shepherd....He knows where we are going and how to get there...

But how are we supposed to know His direction for our lives? For the last three days of this week we are going to look at how to discover God's will.

"It's impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him." Hebrews 11:6

Our first step in uncovering God's will is to seek it. Sounds simple, right? Only if you know how to look for it. In today's passage God gives us two steps: belief and faith. This verse in Hebrews says that you must believe that He exists...that He really is who He claims to be. Why is that so hard sometimes? Why do we worry and fear? Have questions and doubt? The answer is simple...we're humans. The world lends itself to those emotions...it can be hard sometimes... However, if we're ever going to find God's will for our lives...we've got to believe that He is the source of salvation...the conqueror of all that causes us to stress out.

The other step today is to know that God cares about you and WANTS you to discover His will. It isn't a secret. It's not a puzzle or a trick. God has something special for you to do with your life. The Shepherd always knows where he is leading...we just need to seek it out with the faith that God cares enough about us to reveal it.

When will that happen? Only God knows...but we've got to keep seeking Him. He IS God and He wants us to find our purpose.

Pastor Brian