This Week #3-7

This week in OFF ROAD we finished our D.U.S.T.Y. with reviewing what it looks like to YEARN after God. The definition of Yearn is to have a deep longing or strong desire, and the question I asked the students is; does that word define your relationship with Christ? Do you have a deep desire to know Him? We looked at Matthew 4: 23-25, a simple story about how the news of Jesus spread, people brought their sick and then followed Him. I used this verse to outline 3 basic steps there are to our faith. The first step is we hear the news. Many people stop there and know about the stuff, but don’t yearn to take the next step into realizing the need. In these verses, after hearing the news, people realized their need and brought the sick to Jesus. See is we are yearning for God we not only know the information, but we take the next step of realizing our need for Him and doing something about it. Then, as we continue our yearning process, we need to seek after God in everything we do. After the people were healed the Bible says that a crowd of follower began following Jesus. They heard the news, realized their need, and then followed him. To yearn after God is to go to the next step, to desire to go deeper, to know Him more.

Questions:
Where are you in the process of yearning after God?
What needs to change in your life to go to the next level?
Who is someone you know that is yearning after God? How do you know they are yearning after Him?
Pray for strength to go to the next level.