Several years ago I was attending a conference in Texas and I was challenged by one of the speakers there. He made an astounding observation. Could it be possible we've been asking the wrong questions in regards to finding God's will for our lives? Maybe God is already doing something and He is inviting us to look up and see what He is doing and give our lives away to that. Maybe the will of God is being done in places already and we join Him.
Furthermore, is it possible that God might be pleased with several different scenarios, rather than limit us to just one possibility to fulfill? What if there wasn't just one right answer to my purpose, what if the definition of "God's will" was often a broad definition that I could see fulfilled in many different ways, choices, occupations and decisions?
I've come to discover that God is, and has been, at work all around me and when I lift up my eyes I discover something; there is more to do than I could possibly accomplish in my lifetime. I also begin to recognize that God , the "I AM", is fully capable of correcting or redirecting my course at any time. This is the beauty of serving a "present" God. He will never be "I WAS" or "I WILL BE", He is, and always has been "I AM". He is not off in the distance or waiting for you to show up, He has been at work and is inviting you and I to join our lives with His ongoing work in the world.
So, may you discover that your Father is fully present with you and that He is wanting you and I to step into the life He has called us to live, and may we begin to see the opportunities all around us to fulfill the "will of God" with our lives.
Living in Liberation,
Pastor Jonathan Walker
