Good questions can be very powerful things! I came across one such question this week. I was listening to Chuck Swindoll’s series on Abraham and at the end of the message Chuck asked this question:

“Am I seeking God’s will deliberately and passionately?”

Oh boy!! Do I have to answer honestly? If I answer that honestly, the answer is no, I don’t seek God’s will all that deliberately on a daily basis and I don’t seek it all that passionately on a daily basis. Why not?! If I have access to Him–which we all do through the Holy Spirit–why wouldn’t we seek His will on a daily basis?

I think the answer for me is busyness and clutter. I think that I just don’t have the time to slow down long enough to ponder ‘little’ things like God’s will for my life! When in reality, what is more important? I only get one life–and as we all know that life is very short–so why wouldn’t my prayer be like that of Moses, “Lord, teach me to number my days,”

Let me number those days and seek His will deliberately–which means with intentionality! Yes, that means that I need to use an act of my will to seek God’s will for the season of life I am in. That season has changed for me recently as I became a dad. I need to spend more time in prayer seeking what God’s priorities for this season are for me. I have not taken that time yet, I am sad to say.

I need to seek His will passionately–which means with fervor! Sometimes, I am more passionate about many more mundane things than thinking about what the ultimate purpose of my life is!!! I could think of many excuses why this is true, but they are just that–excuses.

Would you partner with me to actively dwell on this question this week? I have already partnered with one man to be in prayer about a specific thing for the next month. Will you join in this important process? I know–there are many reasons you can think of not to–but what is really more important?

More to come…
Jeremy