LOOKING FOR OUR SIGN

Philippians 2:13 NLT For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.

We often hear people say they’re looking for a sign from God before they do something. We’d probably like an airplane to fly across the sky dragging a sign saying “God wants you to go to …., or to do ……whatever it is we want His guidance on”!😊

But, is it a possibility that God is actually looking for a sign from us? Is He looking to see if we’ve put up a sign saying we’re willing to follow His plan and purpose for our lives rather than the one we have decided is what we want to do? 

Our verse says God is giving us the desire and power to do what He’s asking of us, so if we’re following Him, what is our heart saying, what do we have peace about? Even if it’s scary, if we have peace, we can follow it.

Maybe we’ve been doing something in a certain way forever, and God has been nudging us to either stop doing it altogether, or to do it in a different way, but for our own reasons we’re hanging on to it. Have we decided we want to stick with the familiar when He says it’s time to move on, to let go?😊

Is it possible that God has a new wineskin, a new avenue for us to follow? If  our plans aren’t working out, maybe the Lord is protecting us from danger down the road, or stopping us from making a mistake.

I’ve had to ask myself, and I ask you, how badly do we want to know the will of God, how much do we want to move forward? If we want it enough, then we’ll have to put up our sign saying “I surrender my will, to yours Lord. I’m willing to change. Please show me what You want me to do, where You want me to be, and how You want me to do it.”

I believe if we’ll do that, we will see a move of God both privately and in our churches like never before. God is looking for our sign saying ‘Your will Lord, not mine” because He only wants the best for us, and His plans for us are good. Amen.😊

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