So i just read a book called “Forgotten God” by Francis Chan. The premise behind the book is about the Holy Spirit being the “forgotten” God. Since God the Son (Jesus) and God the Father are talked about most in Christian circles, why don’t we talk about the Holy Spirit, even though we say we believe that our God is a triune God in 3-equal Persons?

Well, anyways, it’s a great book. You should read it. ….wait, if you haven’t read Chan’s first book, “Crazy Love”, then go read that first, then read this one.

But one thing that stood out to me was that he said that Christians should stop “waiting for God to show us His Will for our lives”. Like, yeah, God definitely HAS a will (or plan) for each of our lives in our futures, but the truth is that we don’t need to KNOW our futures. And we definitely don’t need to waste time waiting to know our futures. It just made me realize how many opportunities in life I may have missed because I was “waiting” to know my future.

What he said was that, instead, we should live each day being submissive to where the Holy Spirit leads us TODAY. And I like that. That seems exciting to me. That sounds like an adventure. And the truth is that if I live each day seeking the Will of God for THAT day, then I have no choice but to put complete faith in Jesus that He will take care of me and lead me tomorrow.

I guess I’m just tired of trying to plan out my life. Being in a band, I’m tired to worrying about what I will be doing tomorrow, or next week, or in three months, or in three years. I’m tired of trying to plan where I will be, what state I’ll be in, what gig I will be playing, how many CD’s I will sell (or won’t sell ). I just want to focus on how God can use me today.

Just wanted to share that with you and hopefully it’s encouraging to you!
-Tim