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co·op·er·ate

verb

• work jointly toward the same end.

This begs to ask, where are you headed?

If the goal is eternal life with God then the only real guarantee to succeed is to cooperate with God. He is eternal and knows best how to get us there.

Not so long ago there was a popular song that said “Jesus take the wheel.” That isn’t how this works. Our hands are on the wheel and we know where to make each safe turn by listening to the GPS. The Gospel Positioning System can be installed and all updates are free.

Just like Android Auto tells us how to avoid flooding and major collisions on the road ahead, the Gospel Positioning System will identify obstacles in our path to our final destination.

Isaiah 30:21 And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.

To hear we have to allow our spiritual ears to be opened.

Deuteronomy 29:4 But to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear.

That was before the GPS was available for installation.

Ezekiel 3:10 Moreover, he said to me, “Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.

John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

John 14:17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

Believe by faith in the atoning works of Jesus Christ and get the Holy Spirit to lead you in all truth. He is God and will not lead us astray.

We still need to cooperate to get where we need to be to serve God’s will. We just have to believe it is His will for us to join Him. It is Jesus who said He is the way. Listen to Him.

Hey Google, how can I be like Jesus?

Answer;

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• Study His life. If we want to grow to be more like Jesus, we need to understand Him. …
• Love God. Jesus summed up the entire Old Testament law in two commandments: love God and love others. …
• Love others. …
• Invest in maturity. …
• Choose humility. …
• Be prayerful. …
• Practice obedience.

Source:Jesus Film Project

A better question does result in a better answer. Do you see what is missing in this easy answer?

Fellowship and service are missing. A good portion of the New Testament is dedicated to providing structure for the church and how we are to treat one another. Loving others is not the same thing as loving God. 1 Corinthians 13 is called the love chapter because it tells us how love acts.

Try loving others according to those standards and we will discover that it is impossible to do without the help of the indwelling Holy Spirit. He shows us how to “invest in maturity”.

The question that google or any AI cannot answer is “Lord who do you want me to be?”

Being a part of a large body of believers means finding where we fit in with purpose. What gifts have been given? How does my gift work? Is there a place in this body of believers for me to grow and use those gifts?

Fellowship gives us a place to practice obedience. The practice of obedience is for the good of the whole body. If we only want to be obedient to ease our guilty conscience, then we really haven’t matured enough to understand what God means by newness of life.

Romans 6:4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

There is that word “might” again. No guarantee because it requires us to cooperate with God.