This past week we started a new series called “Next Steps.” The New Year is a great time to make some changes in your life, but as we all know too well, those changes don’t always stick.  We looked at this fact – “Your direction, not your intention, determines your destination.”  Just as we have to choose the proper road to arrive at our desired destination (you can’t take I-90 to get to Portland), we need to realize it is actually a change in direction that we need, not simply different choices.

As you consider making changes in your life I want you to reflect on this – the Bible talks about pathways.  It says one leads to death - There is a way that seems right to a man, but it’s end is the way to death. - Prov. 14:12.  And it says one leads to life – Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” – John 14:6 You see, your decisions are not just decisions.  They are directions, and they can lead you to death or they can lead you to life.  Life is found in God.  Any other path leads to death.

Let me speak from my heart for a moment.  This not about losing weight, getting out of debt, changing careers, or being a better husband, wife, father, or mother. It’s not even about being a better christian.  Life in the Kingdom, life from God’s perspective, means stop trying to create life for yourself.  You can’t do it. You have always needed Him and you will always need Him.  You need His life-giving guidance, you need His life-giving wisdom, but most of all you need His life-giving grace.

Take some time this week to talk to God about your current life path.  Ask Him to reveal to you the change in direction you need to make. Repent and ask Him for forgiveness and determine to listen to Him as He gives you direction in following the path that leads to life.

I love the way Seth Godin thinks. On his blog he talks about what happens when we “sync” our actions.

The power of sync

100 people doing something at the same time has far more power than 300 people doing it over time.
We unconsciously amplify the power of coordination when we consider the impact of actions. If there’s a thousand people waiting outside of a store, we instantly believe we’re seeing a phenomenon.
While the internet makes it easier than ever to spread ideas, it makes it far more compelling to coordinate actions.
If everyone in your weekly meeting drops a pencil at precisely 12:03, you’ll notice.
- from Seth’s blog

It’s an idea that Paul talks about in 1Corinthians 12 – When all the parts of the body “sync” it creates movement.  It’s no different for the church, when we submit ourselves to God and then to each other his Spirit brings syncs us and a beautiful movement of unconscious amplified coordination brings forth actions that impact those around us with faith, hope and love.

What impact could we have on a city or a world if we were synced?