Teaching Notes

It's easy to tell what this is, it is a traffic signal.  When it's working and we are watching it, it let's us know when to go, when to stop and when the light is about the change.  That is what God's directions does for us when we are watching.  He tells us when to go, when to stop and when things are shifting and we must stand still.  Help us to be able to discern your signals.

How To Draw Closer to God

Proverbs 3:5 (The Message)

Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track. Don't assume that you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil! Your body will glow with health, your very bones will vibrate with life! Honor God with everything you own; give him the first and the best. Your barns will burst, your wine vats will brim over. But don't, dear friend, resent God's discipline; don't sulk under his loving correction. It's the child he loves that God corrects; a father's delight is behind all this.

Notes: Have you ever wonder about people that seem to have such a love for God, how they got that way?  Have you ever wondered what you needed to do, to have the same kind of close relationship?  Well there is something you can do to obtain a closer relationship with God.  Let us look at that this week to help you in your walk with God.

Question: What does the writer encourage you to do?

Answer: He says trust. To trust in God means you put your belief or faith in him.  The writer also encourages you to understand you do not have to figure everything out by yourself.  The writer says that if you trust God you will let him direct you, and even if it is difficult where you will have to go, you will still obey him.  If he corrects you, you will not become discouraged but continue to trust him.  This is one of the key steps in how to build your relationship with God.  You may not know all the reasons you are going through the things you are, but trust God and seek his answers for the direction of your life.  Ask him to help you understand and he will.  Trust him for everything in your life and do not depend on your own smarts, or ideas, but on his way.

Prayer: Today God help me to learn to trust you even more than I do right now. Help me through those things that I really do not understand.  Help me to trust when it is difficult.  Help me to trust when I am lonely.  Help me to trust when I am confused or upset.  Help me to trust you in all things and through all things. I will trust you more. Amen.