It is easy to get so focused on the things that we want that we miss out on God's plan. Sometimes, without even knowing it, we become oppositional to God because we're chasing after something more than we are seeking Him. Sometimes it is a goal, a relationship, or a ministry. Other times it is something less subtle , such a sin that we know is separating us from God and His perfect will. Either way, God is not ok with a heart that is not fully obedient to Him, whether that obedience makes earthly sense of not.

Last week after church I gave a farewell to one of the kindest girls around. She had a very comfortable job that she was amazing at, yet God began prompting her to put that all aside and follow Him to Greece to share His love with people who have been forced into sexual slavery. I don't know the ins and the outs of her journey. I don't know how much, if at all, she grappled with knowing for certain giving up her comfortable life and heading to Greece was God's plan. But what I do know is this, in the end, she choose to follow God in a radical way. Oh what faith.

Don't worry if you're not at that point yet though. Even the disciples struggled with knowing God's will, and they followed him around in the flesh and listened to Him speak. Check out what Jesus said to Peter in Matthew 16:23 when he tried arguing with Jesus's purpose - "Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, 'God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You.' But He turned and said to Peter, 'Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but man's.'"