Becky’s Reviews > Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit > Status Update

My favorite verse is quite possibly James 5:17, which reads ‘Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, had he prayed fervently.’ Don’t keep yourself from praying desperately and courageously for the Spirit to work in your life simply bc you are not the prophet Elijah. As this verse says, Elijah was a human being with a nature like ours. He was just like us. The key thing about him? He prayed fervently.

But despite our inability to change ourselves in this way, to simply become more peaceful or joyful, we expect to do a great deal of effort trying. We focus on what God wants us to do and forget the kind of people He wants us to be.

When we exhibit the peace that surpasses the worlds understanding, that’s when the world notices. That’s when people say, ‘Your Lord-He is God’”.

My hope is that instead of searching for “Gods will for my life”, each of us would learn to seek hard after “the Spirits leading in my life today”. May we learn to pray for an open and willing heart, to surrender to the Spirits leading….

I think a lot of need to forget about Gods will for my life. God cares more about our response to His Holy Spirits leading today, in this moment than about what we intend to so next year. In fact, the decisions we make next year will be profoundly affected by the degree to which we submit to the Spirit right now, in todays decisions.