a chase

I have been having an inner dialogue for the last year or so based on some things that some friends of mine told me that they believe about the Holy Spirit. That dialogue has gotten louder and softer and louder again as I've read the word of God and other books or heard a podcast here and there. I thought "the shack" had some great things to say, and a year ago or so I had heard Mark Batterson talking about his book "Wild Goose Chase" and was intrigued. This morning at church, Mark did a great job with talking about our following the Spirit's leading and not asking the Spirit to help us with our own plan. He leads us, we don't lead and ask him to come along.
I think that this all fits in with my current inner wrestling over my obsession with myself. I loved the reminder that I need to let go of my own plans and my own vision of what should be and ask God for His Spirit's guiding. Mark challenged us to ask God to let His Spirit take us on an unpredictable adventure, one that would lead us right through His path that might look expected but probably unexpected. Why unexpected? Look at the stories in the Scripture about those who followed Jesus...Adventure! Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, David, John, Peter, Matthew, Paul...fill in another Bible character's name.
Imagine the adventure that awaits the one who follows this amazing God and submits to His Spirit. My inner dialogue will continue, and I look forward to how it plays out. Hopefully my mind and heart are open to the understanding that is true about the Spirit. I pray that I will understand this following and submit to it as only possible if I submit to the Spirit as He illuminates my heart and mind to the truths of the Word.