What is the will of God for my life? This is likely the most frequently asked question by sincere Christians. And so it should be. It is a very important question. It’s a question that each of us needs to know the answer to because the answer.... the knowing and the doing will dramatically impact our joy, our happiness and our peace of mind.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if God would send a famous person to your house to clearly communicate what he desires you to do for him? It would make knowing God’s will so much easier and clearer. However, I’m more and more convinced that the will of God for our lives is not as hard to discover as some would lead you to believe. It appears to me that many know what God wants them to do but they choose not to do it. Charles Swindoll has written, “The truth is, our problem is not a lack of knowledge but an absence of passion.... a reluctance to do what we believe God would have us do.” This is prevalent in many lives today because to follow the will of God will take considerable risk and trust in God. But many are still not sure what God’s will is for their earthy lives.
Now let’s be brutally frank. There are times when God’s directions are not all that clear because for the most part, God leads by such things as vague feelings. That can be frustrating, but it’s our opportunity to let faith rise, trusting God to guide with whatever degree of clarity divine wisdom knows is best, while we play our part by drawing close and listening intently.
As a result we repeatedly find ourselves trying to solve million piece puzzles when we rarely get to see more than a dozen pieces. We walk in a constant fog, making life and death decisions, knowing nearly nothing. So whenever the Almighty reveals his mind, we should erupt with the joy of a man lost in a minefield suddenly finding a marked trail. At last the light has shone. At last infinite knowledge has reached us in infinite love. We should rush to obey, treasuring the slightest hint of God’s will, like the last drop of water in a desert.
Since God, in his love, longs to see you reach your highest potential, his desires for you will stretch you to the limit. But no matter how Satan tries to distort that thrilling truth into something scary, there is always something more frightening than doing God’s will.... not doing God’s will. The mere fact that we could fear God’s beautiful will is clear proof that God has a spiritual enemy who carpet bombs our minds with malicious untruths. Nothing could be wiser, or better, than obeying the God who has a sacrificial commitment to giving you the very best. We only disobey when we secretly believe we are smarter than God, that his love for us is inferior, or that he is so weak that our inadequacies could nullify his power. Obedience is love made real.
It has rightly been said that God's will is the greatest good his infinite wisdom can devise. Snuggle into it. Experience the "wow factor" perfection of his love plans for you. Then rest in the security of knowing that of every possible alternative, you have chosen the very best.
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