In January our church held its annual congregational fast. For 21 days we prayed together, fasted together and meditated on 1 John . Here are my thoughts from those times of devotion in 1 John.

Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever. 1 JOHN 2:15-17

MEDITATIONAL THOUGHT:Doing the will of God is the only pursuit with eternal value; it abides forever.

MY THOUGHTS: As the above statement becomes more and more real to me, I am left with the realization that I MUST discover the will of God for my life. I must discover the thing God would have ME do. It is good to know what God wants for all of us, but what does that look like for me specifically? What is my life supposed to be about.

Sometimes the process of coming to know His will feels like stumbling around in the dark, but I have found that the more I study the Scripture and the more I pray, the more I come to know the next step. While that may not be everything, it is something. Elizabeth Elliot said,

and Martin Luther King Jr. echoed that sentiment when he wrote,