"But the only way to truly know God’s will is to know God; thus our time ought to be devoted to knowing Him more. This is true wisdom: to know God. Foolishness is ignoring God and thinking we can still understand His will. Before attempting anything for God, we ought to start with first knowing Him more." 

As we serve God, we often fall into the sin of making our faith about us. We focus so much on what we do, who we serve with and how we serve that we lose focus on why we are serving at all. Just as Pastor Kirt was preaching yesterday, when we get stuck on us, we don't even realize that we have lost intimacy with God. When we lose touch with God, there is no way for us to live according to His will. I make this mistake so often. I foolishly desire the seeking of God's will rather than God's will and think that I am somehow capable of accomplishing this on my own without depending entirely on Him. I am reminded by this devo that it is our duty and delight to choose to obey His will, but we must never forget that "it is God who works in us, both to will and to work for His good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13). 

"For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen." (Romans 11:36)