Monday, September 30th--Guest Writer, Mrs. Lois Ormsby

How many of you are daydreamers?  How many of you think about the future?  How many of you already have your entire wedding planned out, you just need the guy? :) What goals do some of you have for life? You know, God puts within us the ability to dream; He wants us to dream because He wants us to consider something: His will.  Sometimes as teen girls we think, “Oh, the will of God is something I’ll worry about when I’m done with high school”.  We think it’s something mystical, difficult to understand, something that only really applies to pastors and missionaries.  But did you know that God has His will available for you to discover today?

 

What is the will of God?  Here are a few things the Bible lists:

1. To tell others of Jesus Christ – Mark 16:15 – “…Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”
2. To give thanks in every thing – 1 Thessalonians 5:18 – “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
3. To love the LORD our God with all our heart and soul; to love our neighbor as ourselves – Matthew 22:36-40 – “Master, which is the great commandment in the law?  Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.  This is the first and great commandment.  And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.  On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
4. Surrender – 2 Corinthians 8:5 – “And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.”
5. To abstain from physical, emotional, and spiritual fornication - 1 Thessalonians 4:3,4 – “For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:  That every one of you should know how to posses his vessel in sanctification and honour.”

 

In considering the will of God today, girls, I want to encourage you to:

• Be open to the will of God.  Would you be willing to change your dream if God directed you another way? James 4:13-15 – add “Lord willing” to your vocabulary! :)
• Be available for the will of God.  Does your schedule revolve around the church’s schedule?  Are you available when your mom, dad, or grandparent needs help with something?  Are you willing to deny yourself some pleasure in order to help your sibling with something?

• Be diligent in the will of God.  Be busy doing things that are a “given” – walking with the LORD, serving at church events, soul winning, passing out tracts, serving the needy…opportunities to serve the LORD are abundant!

 

Ephesians 5:15-17 – “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.  Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.”  

 Scripture Reading for the Day:

Proverbs 30
Acts 10