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Sunday School Lesson on Choose to Follow God Topic Discussion

1.How has God quenched your own spiritualhunger and thirst? Did you find this surprising?Explain.

Our generous God indeed pours His graceupon us! He satisfies our spiritual thirst as weheed His Word. This Word is strong meat for ourspiritual nourishment (Hebrews 5:12, 14). Jesus,the Word in the flesh (John 1:14), is also our spir-itual bread as well as the water of life (John 6:35).God provides for us as well through thepromises of the spiritual drink and spiritualmanna for those who overcome (Revelation 2:7,17). The gift of salvation sustains our souls (John4:10). The promise of Heaven does so as well.There we will drink freely of the water of life(Revelation 22:17).

2.What are some ways that people todayspend money fur that which does nut satisfy?How can we guard ourselves against stumblinginto such foolishness?

We know all too well that people are guilty ofaccumulating "treasures of wickedness" (Prov-erbs 10:2). But even people who accumulatemoney honestly can trap themselves into think-ing that possessions will bring happiness.We can make the mistake of doing much thesame thing spiritually. Some Christians spendmoney attending seminar after seminar or goingto numerous conferences on spiritual growth.They pay for "knowledge" of how to grow spiritu-ally, but fail to practice basic disciplines for spiri-tual growth such as Bible reading and prayer.Churches, for their part, may spend lots ofmoney on feel-good activities, such as takingtrips to theme parks, while at the same time fail-ing to invest money in evangelistic activities orbenevolent ministries. The former are not bad aslong as the latter are not neglected.

3. Was there a time when God restored youafter you returned to Him? Explain.Estrangement from God may lead to sinfulpractices such as alcohol and drug abuse, whichharm the body. As we come back to God andleave these practices behind, we are restored.There is restoration even though we may stillcarry some of the marks of those sins in our lives.

At other times, our problem may be financial.Neglecting our stewardship to God may be partof this. Returning to God and becoming goodstewards will bring blessings from Him. We cansin against one another, hold grudges, and refuseto forgive. When we are convicted of those sinsand return to God, He restores relationships.

4.What are some specific areas in which youhave had to admit that God's thoughts and wayssurpass those of your own? What happenedwhen you finally made that admission?

Admitting that God is superior to us in think-ing and acting should be a given. But sometimeswe still believe that we should be able to providea sound answer to all issues of existence. For ex-ample, some try to explain exactly how creationoccurred. Some even set a date for when it oc-curred. Other times we try to explain the conceptof the Trinity even though full explanationeludes us; all of our analogies break down atsome point. We stumble as we try to explain whybad things happen to good people, or why goodthings happen to bad people.

At the tragic death of a small child we may saythat God just wanted another little voice in Hisheavenly chorus; that runs the risk of assigningblame to God. Sometimes the best thing to do isto say that we don't know the answer to a ques-tion, and yet, by faith, we still believe that God isgood and His plans cannot be undermined.

5.What purposes of God's Word are beingaccomplished right now in your life? in your church?

Sometimes we may live our lives as if Godwere not really doing much of anything throughus or through the church. We may place blameon a world that is hostile to Christianity, on thebusyness of people and lack of concern about thethings of God, or on Satan.

It is important to see in Isaiah 55:11 that forGod to accomplish His purpose, His Word goesforth. When God's Word does go forth, faithfullyproclaimed by His people, souls come to Jesusand lives are renewed. When we live out God'sWord to seek first His kingdom and His righ-teousness, our needs are supplied (Matthew 6:33).

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