This month our church is spending extra time considering what it is to Believe God. You might say - well of course a church should believe about God - but tthat is not our challenge. For many to believe in a God is fairly easy. Thinking that there is a force out in the universe is almost universal among cultures -and Chistianity has the greatest population of all the worl's religions.

But it can be an entirley different thng to Believe God in all the areas of our life. Trusting Him to lead in all areas - large or small. For some you may struggle to hand the big thngs over to God - trusting Him to lead you to a new job, or a marriage or a major decison in life. For others it may be tougher to believe Him in the little things. Do I really need to seek out God for those things I feel comfortable making my own decisons?

I would say where we get in big trouble is by keepig the little things to ourselves and not taking them to God. You see we live most of our life in the little things. Those things that are routine, those things we are comfortable doing because we do them all the time, those things that seem to be in our control. Why take them to God? Because we can easily shut God out of most of our life - and be in the habit of only going to Him for the calamities of life.

In Joshua Ch 9 the Israelites had been trusting God and expereincing God's victories. But then they are deceived by the Gibeonites who dress up like distant travelers to strike a peace treaty. In fact they were immedeate neighbors pulling a fast one on Israel.

Joshua 9:14-16 says:14So the men of Israel took some of their provisions, and did not ask for the counsel of the LORD. 15Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them. 16It came about at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were neighbors and that they were living within their land.

Israel made the mistake of looking at the situation and thinking we don't need to bother God with this, we can do this on our own. It seemed like an easy and obvious decision. But they were deceived and ended up making a covenant with people God had commanded them not to.

As we focus on Believing God we need to start with the little things, the day to day things. What happens when God's people begin to believe God wants to and is able to work in the little things of life? I believe God is saying trust me each day - give me your routines and daily activities and see what I can do?