When We Finally Do As We Are Told

God is at work. God is moving.

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Wait. I know in society today, we spend very little time slowing down to dedicate some time to thinking, but I am going to ask you to break that trend. Think about those statements.
"God is at work. God is moving."
You mean in the present? Yes.
Now before you tune out as a result of my preachieness, hear this. God is alive and desires us to be one with Him and His plan.

"Is how we live connected to something that has been in place since the beginning of time? Maybe Jesus didn’t come to start a new religion, but to show us how to live in tune with the life God has always planned for us."- Rob Bell

I am guilty of dwelling on my mistakes and what I shouldn't do. It gets very difficult to get back up and do good. When I say "don't think of pink zebras" it is almost impossible not to. Same goes for our focus in life. I find myself thinking "don't do this" or "don't do that." I just end up doing that very thing. We were talking in my college small group about keeping our focus on doing God's will instead of focusing on not doing wrong. I apologize if I have made this concept confusing.
To put it simply: We should be so in tune and focused on God that the things that we desire and do would be those that God desires as well.
I hear God all the time, but it is only once in a while that I will do as He asks. There is so much reward in actually answering the call. Do it... trust me, but most of all trust God.