“You did not choose me, but I chose you” John 15:16
God has chosen you for His purposes. He takes you on a journey through life without any consciousness on your part of His ultimate purpose.
You have to live with God without a compass. He wants you know Him intimately without any understanding of His purposes for your life.
Just when you think you are in the perfect will of God He will abruptly take you in a new direction. This is to let you know He is God and you are not in charge of your destiny.
It is difficult and uncomfortable to live without a compass. It creates insecurity and sometimes confusion.
This is where many step in and take control. They make the mistake they can best determine how to live for God. This is a mockery to Christ.
God’s mission is for you to live by faith in His promises. Your works or religious activities can easily cause a hindrance to knowing Him. How can you work for God when you haven’t lived out His values in your life?
A genuine ministry for God has to be born of the Holy Spirit. It has to originate in the heart of God and not through the wisdom or desire of man.
You and I have to live one day at a time yielding to the authority of the Holy Spirit. This is how you can impress the heart of God.
God is most concerned with how you appropriate His values into your thoughts, words, and actions. This is a learning process and it takes many years to grasp how to walk with God.
Don’t come to God with your expectations. They get in the way of a Christ follower. Come to learn from Christ and live out your life through His resurrected power!
Hal Hollister Ministry 