The GPS

What our series "Plan B" is all about

Who doesn’t want to know God’s will for their lives?  And yet sometimes we view it like a Magic Eight Ball, jigsaw puzzle, maze, or a GPS.  What if God’s will wasn’t like any of those things?  Would we be so afraid of Plan B?

The GPS

Sometimes we wish that God would send us a step by step plan for His Will, or at least a vision to say what He wants for us.  However, most of the time we just feel like we walk by faith and doors keep slamming in our face.  In the Bible, Paul and Silas went through that is Acts 16.  They tried and tried to find where God wanted them to preach, but God kept shutting them out.  Then Paul gets a vision while in the city of Troas that he should go and preach in the province of Macedonia.  It seems like God sent this great, life-altering call, but when you look at the map, you see otherwise.  Based on the locations that they already were, we can see that Paul and his missionary group were already heading to Macedonia in the first place.  God closed the doors He didn’t want them to go through, and then when they started going the way He wanted, God confirmed their decision.  This is the way He normally leads us, not with visions but with closed doors to lead us to the ones He will open.

The Point

If we walk by faith, God will open the right doors

At Home Suggestions

Talk about a time when a door closed for you.  Talk about how you felt, and then how God used that to lead you to the open door that He wanted for you.

Read Psalm 27:14 Wait for the Lord;
    be strong and take heart
    and wait for the Lord. (NIV)

Ask: What does this ask us to do?  Why does it ask us to do it twice?  While we are waiting, what should we do?  Why is it so hard to become discouraged when we are waiting?  How can you be strong in that time?

Explain that we are asked (twice) to wait for the LORD.  The psalmist really wants to emphasize this because he knows how hard it is to be strong while waiting. 

Pray that your family would wait for God to open the right door as you walk by faith.