have you ever been confused about God's will do you sometimes wish God would
just speak to you in an audible voice are you constantly disappointed with
yourself regarding your own Christian walk well let's talk about it
barry smith here author father pastor husband and a guy who continues to
wrestle with god's will for my life sometimes God's will
seems like this giant impossible goal like we have to be holy and perfect in
every way or his will seems to include an
unattainable set of behaviors that we'll never be able to meet sometimes God's
will is described as this mysterious hidden masterpiece buried at the bottom
of the sea and we don't have any snorkeling gear let alone a boat to get
to it other times God's will seem so complicated trying to figure out this
set of standards and circumstances that we'll never be able to fully understand
let alone live up to however if God is the one who created us
and his son is the one who died for us wouldn't it be important for us to
follow God's will and if we're going to follow God's will we have to know God's
will and if his will seems too difficult aren't we devaluing not only the God of
the universe but also the sacrifice his son made for us let's talk just a minute
about God's will definitionally first of all there's God's sovereign will these
are his unchangeable decrees it's where God shows us that he is the ruler and in
charge of all things he is sovereign and control in control of everything his
sovereign will is something that's usually hidden or were unaware of it
until it happens like the life of Joseph he was sold as a slave taken to Egypt
and eventually saved the Israelites from famine but it was a rough go for Joseph
and much of it didn't make any sense to anybody especially Joseph but it was
God's will that Israel be saved from the famine there's also God's permissive
will which inadvertently fulfills his desires God doesn't cause all things to
happen but he can permit things to happen even if he doesn't like it or
approve of it just like Joseph's brothers who
send big time for the greater good of all the Israelite people they sold
Joseph their little brother into slavery God allowed that to happen he permitted
the brothers to make this colossal mistake to be able to accomplish his
sovereign will there's also God's revealed will
sometimes it's called his perceptive will God has revealed some facets of his
will to us in the Bible he wants us to speak the truth in love in Ephesians
4:15 he wants us to repent and turn to God in acts 3:19 God doesn't want us to
commit adultery in first Corinthians 6:18 God allowed Jesus to suffer and die
in mark 14 21 there's also God's dispositional will this is God's
attitude what pleases or displeases him it's God's dispositional will that
everyone would be saved in 1st Timothy 2:4 sometimes the scriptures just
flat-out say what God's will is romans 12:2 says do not conform to the pattern
of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind then you will be
able to test and approve what God's will is his good pleasing and perfect will
1st Thessalonians 4 3 to 6 as it is God's will that you should be sanctified
that you should avoid sexual immorality that each of you should learn to control
your own body in a way that is holy and honorable not in passionate lusts like
the pagans who do not know God and that in this matter
no one should wrong or take advantage of his brother or sister
1st Thessalonians 5:16 2:18 says rejoice always pray continually give thanks in
all circumstances for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus and we're
getting back to what I originally said his will can be kind of complicated and
all over the place and overwhelming but I'm here to tell you that God's will can
be simply broken down into the GC squared the Great Commandment and the
Great Commission they reveal the will of God in the Old Testament and the New
Testament respectively the great commandment is found in Matthew 22:37
239 jesus replied love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul
with all your mind this is the first and greatest commandment and the second is
like it love your neighbor as yourself all the law and the prophets hang on
these two Commandments this is a quote from Jesus taken
from Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18 and it's God's revealed will in the Old
Testament to love God and love your neighbor the revealed will of God and
the New Testament is found in Matthew 28:18 2:20 then Jesus came to them and
said all authority in heaven on earth has been given to me therefore go and
make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything I have
commanded you and surely I'm with you always to the very end of the age that's
the revealed will of God in the new testament given by Jesus all of this can
be boiled down to this love God love others and make disciples who make
disciples that's the GC squared that's the great
commandment and the Great Commission and that feeds into our definition of what a
church is a spiritual family with Christ in the center is king who love God love
others and make disciples who make disciples so what does all this mean for
you well this idea is the entire Bible and God's will boil down to what you can
clearly understand plus it's something that you can definitely carry out to
love God love others and make disciples who make disciples my question to you is
are you doing that most would say yes to loving God and loving others but what
about making disciples are you doing that right now well you might ask what's
that actually mean we'll simply put are you effectively and consistently helping
others to hear God's Word and obey it who's the last person you open up the
Bible with and listen to what God might say to both of you when was the last
time that she read God's Word with someone and walked away with something
to obey or do are you consistently helping others to truly listen to God's
Word and do what it says if the answer is no then you're probably not following
the revealed will of God in the Bible but the good news is you could start
following God's will right now you can implement a simple church or a faith
community or a Bible study to help you get this accomplished just comment below
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can just chat about what it might look like
better yet email me at Barry at you choose doc community
that it's found below that email and we can help you get started it's really
that simple you really can follow God's revealed will in the Old Testament and
the New Testament it's not a long list of rules of regulations it's not a list
of characteristics and attributes you have to check off
it's simply loving God loving others and making disciples who make disciples and
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