First Church Charlotte

March 14, 2021 | Pastor Nathan Elms The will of God is known through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. And yet, this is a seeking function, not just a “knowing” or “speaking” function. God has a plan for your life, your ministry. Trust me. The point is to seek, ask, knock… Luke writes in Acts 16: "We took it as from the Lord that this is what God wanted us to do." When the Israelites were in the wilderness, if you had asked one of the Jewish leaders how long they were going to stay there, they would have said, "Look, you think we know how long we'll stay? You see that pillar of fire by night and that cloud by day? When that cloud moves, we'll move; when that cloud stays, we'll camp.  This is totally out of our hands. God doesn't ask for any creative thought from us. He just says, 'Follow the cloud.' But as we follow the cloud, he provides manna for us, and he provides everything that we need." God will do the same for you. He'll do the same for me. Wherever the Lord leads us, he's made a promise: "I will s