Its the Haystack, Not the Needle

17And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:17.  I am still reading in Job but I had to write about this while it was still in my mind. Have you ever wondered whether you are in the will of God? Pastor explains things so well. I have many times, in fact all my life I wondered if I was selfish by working at a secular job. Not everyone is cut out to be a Pastor or an evangelist or teacher of the word. I certainly don't explain things like my Pastor. But sometimes searching for the will of God is like looking for the needle in the haystack. Am I doing the one thing that God had planned for me? In fact even more recently I wondered, have I missed God's will when I moved to Mississippi. Especially when something goes wrong. In life things just go wrong.  So I guess I can still relate this to Job a little. Things went wrong in his life and especially when his friends were  telling him he was wrong and that is why the troubles befell him.  This scripture above makes sense. Its the haystack we should be paying attention to, and not always looking for the needle.  "Whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus." There it is, don't look for the needle in the haystack. But in everything you do, do it in the name of the Lord. All through life, your job, where you live, your hobbies, everything, the haystack man. Do it in the name of the Lord Jesus.  So many times we spend too much time looking for the needle when it is the haystack God is after. God wants to be part of all of our life.  Yes we do need to seek his will and ask for guidance. But whatever you do, do it all in the name of Jesus.  God wants to be sovereign in our lives. When you see the bumper sticker, "God is my co-pilot", they have it wrong. God wants to be the pilot where ever we go. He wants to direct us not just go along for the ride. When thinking about the needle in the haystack, it made it so clear, God is after our whole life.  When we become a Christian in that instant when we confess our sins and repent of our sins. When we ask God into our hearts and direct our lives. It is not just about that one instant.  It is a life long journey. We don't know it all at the start, in fact we are learning our whole lives. It is a lifestyle of submitting our will to God. Do everything: whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus.  We repent more than once. Every time as we live and see something in our lives that shouldn't be, we repent and submit it to God. It is the Haystack and not the Needle God is after. God bless, LVZ.