Mike's Spot On The Wall

• Soul Fest:
  I spent 12 hours of Saturday at Soul Fest.The free concert was awsome. My personal fave was Lianna Klassen. I'm not usually a fan of world beat music but she was great.
  I wonder how they managed to make this concert free?

Mike's Walk

• Maybe I should ask for directions?:
  I know where I want to go I just don't know how to get there. Paul said we could "know the will of God (Romans 12:2) If we allow Him to transform our minds" and I believe it.
  So why do I still have difficulty knowing the will of God? (I mean that part of God's will that is specifically for me and not clearly outlined in scripture. God always wants us to read His word, He always wants us to testify for Him, He always wants us to pray etc...)
  I mean I pray to know His will, I ask Him to continue His trasforming work, I ask for help in submitting all of me to Him, so why do I feel in the dark.
  Most christians I talk to seem to have the same problem, we expect a step by step set of instructions from above on how to live our lives to the most minute detail.
  Today I begin to see dimly a different possibility.
  What if God doesn't care? I don't mean it in the apathetic sense. I mean if I worked at a different job it wouldn't really matter because God could still use me there. What if God's will is something bigger than what I do for a living or any particular ministry that I'm involved in? What would be His will for my life look like? So I looked up the "Will of God" in the meta-concordance and this is what I found....
    - Learn what is right by reading His word.
    - Have Godly standards not worldy ones.
    - That I would be free.
    - That I be His adopted child.
    - That I would not be foolish.
    - That I be obedient to my parents and those in authority, not for their approval but with all my heart.
    - That I be filled with His wisdom.
    - That I would have no sexual immorality.
    - That I be thankful in all circumstances.
    - That I have patience.
    - To silence scoffers by doing good deeds.
    - That I would pray for the things God wants.