Knowing God's Will for us.

Knowing Gods Will

New Christians are always being urged to ‘press in’ and to ask God for His Will for us. How are we supposed to know this? How is any new Christian supposed to ascertain what are, ostensibly, the most important questions for his or her future.

There are two important questions to ask today. There comes a moment in every Christian’ walk with the Lord when we each ask ourselves, “Am I in God’s will or not?” This is usually followed by, “How do I know this?” So, how can we know that we are in God’s will and plan for our lives? Put another way, how can we know when we are not in His will?

The answer is not always what you expect.

When we are IN God’s will – Uncertainty almost always reigns until we have confirmation of everything and until His peace comes.  There seems to be only few places that remain within our own comfort zone. Nevertheless, we seem to have that peace about the situation no matter how bad it looks to us.

When we are OUT of God’s will – everything seems to be going either very well or very badly – there seems to be no middle ground. We have little or no peace, yet we are comfortable and within our own comfort zone. Generally, we seem to have little or no rest, we seem to strive the whole time.

None of this is to say that the opposite of any situation I have painted here is not true either. It can be extremely confusing. So – it seems to me that there is only one way of ensuring that we are, and that we stay, in God’s will, and that is through listening prayer. We ask then we listen. Then we test what we hear and finally we are obedient to what we believe to be God’s word. His peace comes and we are settled – even if we are, like us at present, way outside our comfort zone.

His peace – that peace that passes all understanding – is everything. And to receive that, we most often have to be in and stay in God’s will for us.