Way-Points to Experiencing God
“We often act as though God tells us what He wants us to do and then sends us off all by ourselves to try to do it. Then, anytime we need Him, we call on Him; and He will help us. That is never the biblical picture. When God is about to do something, He reveals to His people what He is about to do. He wants to do His work through His people. … When God is about to do something through you, He has to get you from where you are to where He is” (Henry Blackaby)
The journey into experiencing God takes us through seven distinct way-points. Just like way-points on a map confirm that we are on the right track and give us direction for the next phase of the journey, these seven realities help us stay on track to becoming people who experience God as part of our lifestyle.
The Seven Way-Points are:
- God is always at work around you.
- God pursues a continuing love relationship with you that is real and personal.
- God invites you to become involved with Him in His work.
- God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself, His purposes and His ways.
- God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action.
- You must make adjustments in your life to join God in what He is doing.
- You come to know God by experience as you obey Him, and He accomplishes His work through you.
The Seven Way-Points in Action – Moses
Read Exodus chapters 2-4 and try to identify each of the seven way-points in the way God dealt with Moses and how Moses experienced and responded to God.
