1. The Voice Direction

2. I wish I knew God's will

3. ...you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law - Romans 2:17-18

4. Last week's challenge…

5. God wants to be known

6. Projection vs. Discovery

7. God wants to be known And as he is known He is positioned to lead

8. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart - Jeremiah 29:13

9. God is more interested In relationship with you Than direction for you

10. Millenia= law and prophets Culminating in… The Cross= Relationship

11. If you seek God's will Outside of seeking Jesus You'll find neither

12. If you seek Jesus You'll find God And his will for you

13. 3 Things: Heart Hands Feet

14. Heart: Pledged to the King My affections, desires= God first

15. Heart: Pledged to the King Why?

16. Heart: Pledged to the King Only King in History…

17. God wants more for us Than we want For ourselves

18. God knows us better than We know ourselves

19. Before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether - Psalm 139:4

20. God knows more about How we should live Than we do

21. Took him home Formed a relationship "Why did you do this to me, God?"

22. Maybe God Had a better way?

23. Every good and perfect gift… All sin springs For unwillingness Or inability to believe this

24. Words in anger…?

25. Words in anger…? My heart is pledged to my King Because his ways are better

26. Your eyes saw my unformed substance…

27. …in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them - Psalm 139:16

28. God knows more about How we should live Than we do

29. …we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do - Eph. 2:8-9

30. God "remembers" the future

31. We have at least 3 choices: - Go right - Go left

32. We have at least 3 choices: - Go right - Go left - Seek God for which way to go

33. Most decisions: Emotion Desire Intellect

34. People make decisions based on emotions: Hurt feelings, Anger React rather than being led

35. They move jobs Enter relationships Make major purchases Because they feel excited or want something new

36. They pray, "If this is OK, God...I want it" And refuse to listen if he says different Then claim God led them

37. Or: Plot it out On graph paper With pluses and minuses

38. God wants more "All who are led by the Spirit Are the children of God" - Romans 8:14

39. God loves you more Knows you better And wants to lead you

40. One of the ways You know you belong to God Is that you are led By God

41. To hear God's voice Heart= Pledged to the King - Because I believe he knows it all - Because I trust that he is good - Because I know his ways are greater

42. I seek God For major decisions

43. Easy to do in theory

44. Easy to do in theory 200k job?

45. God wants more for us than We want for ourselves

46. God knows us better than We know ourselves

47. God knows more about How we should live than we do

48. Heart= Pledged to the King Means I trust God even when I want something different And it doesn't make sense

49. Here's why I need a Heart= Pledged to the King…

50. If I believe my ways are best I'll take what God says And weigh it against how bad I want What I want

51. And I'll pray with my desires coloring my ability to hear from my God

52. If you believe God wants more That he knows better It'll be seen in how you make decisions

53. Seek first the Kingdom of God And his righteousness And all these things Will be added to you - Jesus, Matthew 6

54. Ask God with no agenda Trust as he leads Believe his ways are better