Your Will

WHOA, what a day. Day one of any job or new position can be pretty overwhelming in many ways and let me tell you, my first day as an intern was no different. I'm serving as a youth ministry intern at Metro and I couldn't be more happy and excited about it. Metro Community Church was a much needed blessing that came into my life last year. I go to school in Greenville, IL and I really don't particularly enjoy going to any of the churches in Greenville. Church to me has always been passionate, people oriented and overall just a place where I can feel at home and I hadn't had that since I left home for college...until Metro. Totally a God thing because I wasn't actively searching for a church to really get plugged into because I served at a church in town but it didn't feel right. This is where Rick comes in. Rick sends out this email about plugging in at a local church with their praise team. Music is my first love and I had been desperately trying to play drums in a worship band somewhere. It's what I've done all my life and here was my opportunity. So along with playing drums every week, I started to get plugged in with the youth(another love and passion of mine) as well and from that came the opportunity to serve the church as an intern. My hope and desire is to in the future to help to bring the generation back to the Lord and just to invest my life into the lives of teens who so desperately need God to come and rock their worlds. With that being said, I have a lot of things to learn when it comes to ministry and Metro is going to be a great place where I can learn from some great people who have tons of ministry. So pumped for that. So now that you know how this internship came about and why I'm doing it, lets go through day one. Today was a lot of administrative and orientation stuff that I also got to just into some of my projects which is going to be really cool to see what they look like when I'm finished. With the worship team that I'm going to develop, the service project that I'm planning and so many other things that I have on my plate, I know that God is going to do some amazing things and he is going to use me in some awesome ways. Let me tell you, I can't wait! Mondays for me mean small group and today was my first time being there in a while and after the long day at the church, it was a great time to learn some things about God but also to have fun with my friends in my group. I laughed so much today in that group about life and all the things that come with it. So awesome. Tonight we talked about God's will and how we can better live our lives with God's will being the top priority in our decision-making and thought processes. I struggle sometimes with whole-heartedly trusting God's will for my life. Proverbs 3:5-6 says to 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him,and he will make your paths straight. Now I have heard this a thousand times but I struggle with it at times because sometimes God tells me some crazy things that I don't understand. the bible says that we will not understand all of Gods ways and I know that but its still hard sometimes to not lean on my own understanding when its so easy to do so. I'm working on it and some things are much easier than others but it was great to be reminded that God is in control and he knows what he's doing. I know that this intership and this summer is definitely apart of God's will, purpose and plan for my life and that makes me even more excited to do ministry and to really pour my life into my youth group kids and also into all the other things that I will be doing. This blog is a testament to me dedicating more time to focus on living out God's will for my life because if I didn't have this blog, I would be facebooking, twittering or doing something else that has no bearings on the kingdom of God. With all the problems and issues in the world today, there is no time to waste on things that bear no fruit for me. So I challenge you to seek and discover God's will for your life and do everything you can to live it out in your day to day life. Also ask yourself what things in my life can I add or delete that will better help me to live out God's will for my life. It takes sacrifice, boldness, courage and you saying "God, I want to be your hands and feet to this world." It will be hard and difficult at times, but you can do it. Remember Philippians 4:13. It's an everyday journey but my goal is to live my life according to God's will more and more everyday and with God's help I will totally get there. Sorry about the long posts and the introductory stuff but at times, I just can't stop typing. I will get better. Promise. God is Good, all the time! Love you guys. Until next time.

In Christ's Name
Joe
Philippians 4:13