My husband can make correlations out of just about anything! But the one he made most recently really makes sense! I'm sure all of you have seen the movie "Finding Nemo" at some point. If you are like us, we watched it about 100 times when Alex was a toddler. It was one of her favorite movies at the time! Well, let me show you how you can equate a scene in "Finding Nemo" to living in God's will! Curious? Well, read on.
Michael and I are doing a bible study together called "Experiencing God". We are learning a TON! We are therefore teaching what we are learning to our college/young adult lifegroup. Last week, Michael was talking about how to know God's will. So many of us ask God, "What is your will for my life?" When the question should really be "God, what is Your will?" Let's go ahead and take the selfishness out of that question. We always want to know how things apply to us...what's the benefit for me? What do you want ME to do? Instead, God really just wants us to look around and see where He is already at work and just jump right in and join Him there. That is God's will. He's at work all around us. Find where He is working and join Him. Simple, right?
It is as simple as a kids movie. In "Finding Nemo", Marlin is searching for his son and ends up in the East Australian Current. In that current, the super cool sea turtles don't really have to do anything. They just ride the wave; let the current take them where it will. God's work is like that current. We just simply need to hop in and ride. Let God take you wherever He wills for you to go! Of course, you'll have to let go of some of your control issues. I think the popular phrase is "Let go and let God."
So, hop on the back of a sea turtle with me and let's ride the wave, dude!
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