How to Find, Follow and Fulfill God’s Will Part 2
Becoming a Living Sacrifice
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
I. How to Find, Follow and Fulfill God’s Will for Your Life
A. Becoming a Living Sacrifice
1. (Jer. 29:11-14 NIV) seek God with your whole heart.
a. (Deut. 4:28-31 NIV) Seek the Lord with all your heart.
b. (Deut. 30:1-10 NIV) Seek the Lord with all your heart. (also see 1 Kings 8:48; 2 Chron. 6:37-39)
c. (Prov. 3:5-12) God wants to get us to the place where we trust God with all of our heart.
d. (Rom. 12:1-2) becoming a living sacrifice, and renewing your mind are both lifetime processes that gradually move you towards God’s perfect will for your life. (ref. Jas. 4:8)
~Rather than asking God to show what He wants you to do, ask Him to make you a living sacrifice.
2. Why doesn’t God just tell us all of His plans for us all at once?
a. The blessing God has for us could destroy us in our current carnal condition.
~Impatience
~Self-centeredness
b. God’s abundant blessings can cause us to be prideful, arrogant, and forget the Lord if He isn’t first in our lives.
c. Living in God’s will draws the attention of the devil and his kingdom.
3. Let’s look at some Bible verses to support these statements.
a. (John 2:23-25) Jesus didn’t trust man
b. (Deut. 7:22-23 NIV) little by little
c. (Deut. 8:1-20 NIV) Don’t forget the Lord
~(1 Sam. 13:8-14) King Saul offers burnt sacrifice
~(1 Sam. 15:10-28) Saul rejected as king
~(2 Sam. 12:7-14) King David
[Pastor Lee Stokes]