Is it possible to know God's will for my life? If so, how
may I know? These questions are often asked. Another question associated with
these is 'does God have a certain pattern for my life, a particular calling and
a place to serve him? The latter of these questions is obviously for the Lord
declares in Mark's Gospel that the believer is sown in places of service: 'And
these are they which are sown on good ground' Mark 4:20. In other words, the
seed is personalized and sown.. If we are in the center of God's will we are in
just the place and business where he wants us to be. We are not just simply
making a living where we find it most convenient, but we are living witness to
God's matchless grace while we are making a living. Paul speaks of the
Christian as having been 'Chosen in him before the foundation of the world'
Eph. 1:4a . It is very evident then that God must have a pattern for each life;
for yours and for mine. This then being true it must likewise be true, that it
is possible to know God's will for my life.. The important question remains,
'how may I know for a certainty, God's will for my life?'
The three following steps are major factors to seriously
consider in ascertaining divine directive, or the answer to the above question.
NO 1. You must have no will of your own. ( We shall
enlarge upon this after briefly discussing the remaining two steps).
NO 2 .Every decision should lie within the boundaries of
Scripture. That is no step should ever be made contrary to Holy Writ e.g., if a
Christian fellow is in love with a girl who is not a Christian, he need not
waste his time seeking God's well concerning his marrying her. The message of
God is clear.
We, however, are often guilty of interpreting the Scriptures
to fit our desires and wishes. We must never do this. The Word of God must be
left to apply what it teaches. Again, we are sometimes guilty of ignoring what
God's Word says. If we do so we can never come to know God's best and sweet
will for our lives.
The Word of God does not openly declare every bend or turn
on life's road but there are posts along the way giving the general directions
that must be followed. When we adjust our lives to obey the carefully
interpreted Scriptures we will have within us the witness of God, the Holy
Spirit, that we are in His way and have the blessing and approval of God's good
will. This bring us to the third step.
NO.3. We must have the witness of perfect rest which is
given by the Holy Spirit when the correct decision is made. This is imperative!
If we make a choice for life and uneasiness and restlessness is a result you
may be sure the wrong decision has been made. On the other hand, when the
correct decision has been made there comes to the believer's life a sweet
assurance that 'this is what God wants for me'. We are told, 'And a peace of
God that passeth understanding shall keep (really guard or umpire) your hearts
and minds through Christ Jesus. 'Phil. 4:7).
We now resume our discussion of No. 1, above. We have left
it for this place in our brief message because of its major importance. The
above outline is simple enough. Why then is so hard to be sure of God's will in
the matters of life? And believe me, it is hard, easy to talk about, preach and
teach, but so hard to experience. The answer to that is what I want to touch on
in this brief writing, because it ( the answer) involves so much of life.
If a person can come through the first step in the above
outlined, the other two are relatively simple. It is when we deal with a human
will that the battle starts. We are, the most of us, so deceived by our own
selves. Jeremiah spoke of this very thing, he said, 'the heart is deceitful
above all things and desperately wicked: (really incurably sick) who can know
it? Jeremiah 16:9.The human nature and will are absolutely bend away from any
other will. It is operative in co-ordination with self, not some other person.
To think that it is simple to subject our will to another's will is as simple
as paying your neighbor's house rent and letting yours go by the board. It's
just as simple as sending someone else to the doctor for bodily cure, paying
all the charges and you stay at home sick. It is completely unnatural for us to
submit our will to another's directing and care. Yet, when you or I come to God
for His guidance there must be absolutely no will of our own! It means
something when we say 'not my will but Thine'. Most of the time we lie when we
say that. We are even deceived to thinking that we really mean it. Dr. Strong,
the theologian said, 'mind is always greater than the its conscious operations.
The man is more than his acts The man is more than acts. Only the smallest part
of self is manifested in thoughts, feelings and volitions.'
Christian, study the human will! If you can get it to
really submit itself to His will, you're the winner. Remember 'God always gives
His best to those who leave the choice within.
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How God Saves
Men
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
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Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-10 and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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