I guess the question that begs to be answered now is how to get in on the path? How does one get in on God’s plan? Let me give you two quick suggestions. First, we have to come to the point where we admit and submit. We have to admit that we are wandering in the wilderness, that we are directionally and intellectually challenged. Then after we admit the obvious to God, we have to submit ourselves to shadowing the Shepherd. We need to say that we want Him to call the shots, that we want Him to guide us and lead us in the paths of righteousness. But, amazingly, a lot of people balk at this. A lot of people say that they have got to do their own thing. That they will not give up control. Yet little do they realize that when they give up control, they gain control.
Jesus said in Luke 11:24, “Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body is also full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness.” What is He driving at here? He is simply saying that if we have both eyes focused on the Good Shepherd, if we are shadowing Him, following Him, we will have light. Our paths will be illuminated. But if we have one eye on the Good Shepherd and one eye on our career, on this relationship, on whatever, we are going to be in darkness. We have got to admit and then submit.
But then we have to do something else in order to discover God’s plan for our lives. We also have to obey and pray. We have got to obey and pray. Have you ever thought that most of God’s plans are right there in front of you and in front of me? Have you ever thought about that? Because they are. Ninety percent of God’s will has already been recorded.
Ed Young Fellowship – It is time for some of us to stop and say “I’m going to be someone who models ethical courage. How about ethical courage to stay sexually pure. I’m talking to junior high and high school students, I’m talking to single adults.
