Have you ever experienced getting stuck because you don't know what God wants you to do? Or perhaps, you're confused and don't know what to do because you're not sure about the will of God for you?
If you have or are going through such confusion, you should know that you're not alone. Many Christians have gone through that, and some are going through -- just like you.
I've been there too.
An encouragement for all who are unsure
Many times we find ourselves unsure of what to do because we don't know God's will for us. We've prayed, even fasted, and asked spiritually mature Christians for guidance and help, but it still seems like a blur to us.
We still don't know God's will for us.
Many of us go to conferences, attend seminars, join gatherings, just to hear a word from the Lord. We long to hear a prophecy from a guest speaker, a word of knowledge from a minister, or hope to have a preacher lay hands on us and pray a word of wisdom for us.
These things do help, but they're not the source of God's will for us.
Many of us know that God's will is written in the Bible, and so we read it. Chapter by chapter, book by book we turn its pages looking for wisdom and answers, and yet we remain unsure.
Why does this happen? Why does God's will remain unclear to many of us?
Perhaps it's because we don't believe Him and obey His words when we hear or read them. James 1:22-25 tells us,
"But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does."
If we hear God's Word but don't obey it, it won't seep deep into our hearts and minds. It becomes a thing we forget, a blur we don't understand.
What to do now?
So, what do we do when we're unsure of God's will for us?
We seek Him. We seek His Word and seek to obey what He says.
God's Word contains God's will for all of us. We might be tempted to think that God has a separate will for us, but the truth is that He created us unique to fulfill His will for all of us.
It's His will that all men be saved, and it's up to us how we will spread the Gospel to everybody. (see 1 Timothy 2:4)
It's His will that we preach the Gospel to all creation, which means we must desire to preach the Gospel to anybody and everybody, with no special favors to a certain kind of people. (see Mark 16:15; Matthew 28:19-20)
It's His will for us to do good works to the glory of the Father, and thus we ought to do good works to our neighbors whenever possible, wherever possible. (see Matthew 5:16)
It's His will for us to love all men like He does, and so we must do all that we can to bring them to Him and make them know that He really loves them. (see Matthew 22:39; Luke 10:25-37)
It's His will for us to prioritize Him above all, and so we must do that, above all. (see Matthew 22:37)
In closing
Friends, it's time to stop thinking of God's will as if it's not revealed in Scripture and it needs someone anointed or some spiritual-mystical experience to be made known.
It's time to start reading the Word of God, taking it seriously, and obeying what God tells us to do in it.
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God." (Romans 12:1-2)
