“Forget About His Will for Your Life” by Francis Chan

I think a lot of us need to forget about “God’s will for my life.”  God cares more about our response to His Spirit’s leading today, in this moment, than about what we intend to do next year.  In fact, the decisions we make next year will be profoundly affected by the degree to which we submit to the Spirit right now, in today’s decisions.  It is easy to use the phrase “God’s will for my life” as an excuse for inaction or even disobedience.  It’s much less demanding to think about God’s will for your future than it is to ask Him what He wants you to do in the next ten minutes.

Francis Chan, Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit