What Does God Want From Me?

While there are a number of scriptures referencing and even more books written about "The Will of God",  we all  still seem to continue to "ask, seek, and knock" in our pursuit of it for our lives.We attend regular church services, listen to christian music (an assumption of coarse), and some of us even tithe (that's a very few "some" btw), but still, we seem unsatisfied, unfulfilled in our Christian walk and let's be honest, in that moment we've all asked yet again, "What does God want from me?",  right? It can be confusing, I know.

 Perhaps you've gotten involved in church activities, you're doing the same things most other church members (including leaders) are doing, and you've even given up so many things from your old life, and still it doesn't seem like enough. 

 I was having my daily bible reading (which I am not as faithful with as I know I should be), in John 6 where Jesus feed the five thousand and then calls Himself "the bread of life that comes down from heaven". I've read it a dozen times or more, I even preached on it a few Sunday nights ago, but today I was reading from the Contemporary English Version and this is what I read.

"What exactly does God want us to do?' the people asked." Jn. 6:28

 This question came after they heard His teachings and saw the miracles and still were unsure of what to do and wanted signs to prove that they could really trust Him; isn't that exactly what we're asking so often?

 We've heard His word proclaimed so many times that when the preacher is reading or quoting scripture or even when he calls out the book, chapter, and verse, many of us will start quoting it under our breath. In the same way, we've seen God do so many great things in our lives, so many prayers answered, and even witnessed a few miracles that could only be explained as God and yet we still find ourselves asking this same exact question for the same exact reason.

"What exactly does God want us to do?"

 Notice, now, Jesus' response...

"Jesus answered 'God wants you to have faith in the One He sent."

 Here it is, what God wants from us, that we simply trust in Jesus! That we believe in what He says! That we can surrender our "everything" and "take up our cross and follow Him", that truly "the last shall be first and the first shall be last", and that the treasures that we store up in heaven through our sold out work for His kingdom here on earth will not be touched by moth, rust, or thieves, and that He will remember us, and that counting all that this world has to offer as "dung" is worth what He has in store for us. To trust in Jesus; to believe that I can obey His every command without fear, doubt, or compromise and trust that He will see me through. This is His will and this is the Real Truth!