Christians could you help? I'm confused about something..?

Question

I was in this one bible study and this guy was talking about being in a place(town city state...) where God wants you to be instead of where he doesn't want you to be.

How do you know if he DOESN"t want you to be in a certain city or state versus where he DOES want you in a specific city or state?

Be as specific as you can be/

Like if he DOES want you somewhere, the opportunity for you to be there and nothing's stopping you means he wants you there?

Answer 1

That's the beauty of the free will that God has blessed us with. Our lives are filled with choices, including where we live/work. Unfortunately, doors don't always swing wide open with big neon arrows showing us the way. However, God uses each of our choices and will use us according to his plan whereever we choose to be. In hindsight we may see that God led us to where we are now, but there really is no way to define the path he has set before us. He wants us to explore life on our own, and it won't always be easy. The easiest road isn't always the right one. Follow your heart, that's the only advice I can really give you. God will use you where ever you choose to go.

Answer 2

Alot of people on Yahoo Answers just want a fight, but you seem to genuinely want an answer to this, so I will tell you. Yes, God does talk to us. Mostly though, we don't listen very well. It's a bit like needing a radio receiver to hear a radio station. If you don't have the proper tuning, you won't hear it, but that doesn't mean the signal isn't going right through you.

On one issue, I really did ask Him, and honestly wait for His answer. Growing up, I dated as the world dates. Yes, pre-marital sex and all that. When I was 32 yrs old, I realized that I was not doing relationships as God would want it. So I stopped altogether. No dating, no searching, not at all. I spent the next 5 yrs preparing myself, allowing God to make of me the man He wanted. Then, at 37, I spent about a month praying from 3 am until 5 am every morning (not easy 'cause I was working a day job - but I chose those hours because it would be hard and I wanted a real answer). During that time, I would speak with Him, lift up needs of family, friends, neighbors. I really learned to pray during that month. I also told Him to tell me who to marry, or leave me single. Either way, I was not going to look anymore, because I'd just mess it up. "Tell me who to marry, or leave me single - an I'll accept the answer You give."

It's hard to describe the answer He gave. It was not an audible voice. It was not "a feeling". It wasn't a vision or a thought. The closest word I can think of to describe it is that it was a "knowing". But even that doesn't really do it. He "gave me the knowledge of His decision".

He told me who to marry. It's not that He made me become attracted to her, it's not that I suddenly had the hots for her. I just totally and completely understood, and knew that she was to be the most perfect wife I could ever ask for. In my years of dating, I never would have sought a girl like her. She's not the "type" that I had dated - also, she's 14 years younger than me, and up until that time, I would never have dated anyone 3 years younger!

To give you an idea of how strongly I KNEW that she was to be my wife, I did not propose. I went to her and told her that God had spoken to me, and that we were to be married. She was not surprised. She said that she had been praying that He give me a good wife. She had not realized that she would be the answer to both our prayers. She was not looking for a husband at the time. Only praying that God send someone for me.

Since then, I've met and spoken with two other people who also have experienced God talking to them. The most recent is a current client of mine. God told him to sell his house and pack the car. Once the car was ready, He would tell him where the family is going. They're going to Colorado right now.

Having had this experience has helped me to understand some of the people in the bible. Think of Noah - Lives in the desert. Drops all he's doing and he and his three sons spend the next 100 yrs (one-hundred years) building a boat. When God talks directly to you, and you're in tune to hear it, there is no misunderstanding. There is no doubt. It's knowing the answer.

This is honestly the only thing I've ever been so obedient as to turn over to Him so completely. I've chosen my career, town to live in, and other stuff too. But at least I know I've done one thing right.

I know this has been kinda long, sorry. Hope it answers your question.

Answer 3

Well, sometimes things will happen that seem to prevent me from going somewhere so I think maybe somebody's trying to tell me that it's not a good idea to go there right now. I don't know if it's God or fate or what it is, but I do believe it exists to a certain extent. Also, when I was thinking about going back to college in one month I realized I sucked at my current job and so did my boss, found out I got full financial aide from the govt, my boyfriend's grandpa just offered up $$ to pay for his 1st semester, and a part time job just fell in my lap. That was somebody trying to tell me something.

Have you ever thought about the fact that if your great great great grandparents had made one decision differently you might not be here? I think it all works out just the way it was meant to.

Answer 4

I think you misunderstood what the person was saying. He was not meaning a literal place. But instead he was talking about a place in time. (I.E. if you are not praying and God wants you to be in a place of praying to Him. Or if you are in a relationship with someone who is not saved and God wants you to be in a place of being single so that He can deal with you one on one). Or you could be going to a specific church and it is God's desire that you be in the church across town that you feel is beneath you. God, in His infinite wisdom, always knows what is best for us. It is not ours to ask why, but to ask God what would thou have me to do. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. He knows what is best for us although we may not see it at the time He says for us to do it. May God Bless

Answer 5

I believe Cathy is right. If God were to will that you be located in such and such a town or country somewhere, He would lead you in that way through circumstances, the voice of the Holy Spirit to you or through others to you, or just through the way your life is progressing. Prayer, trust in and obedience to God via these various things are what are important for you.

Answer 6

He meant state of mind,If He actually named a city or state He is very mixed up.The Bible says " two will be standing in the field one will be taken, the other left." It is How You Live not where.

Answer 7

well I look at it this way...if you cant seem to find a job, have no friends there, no family, you aren't happy and can't become a better person (happy and at peace with your life). Maybe you should move.
Think about the story of Jonah and the Big Fish....He wouldnt go to Ninevah and God wanted him there so, look what God had to do to get Jonah there.

Answer 8

There's no way I can be specific. It isn't always so easy to discern Gods will. One has to learn to hear His still small voice in your heart. But you look for open doors. If it's the Lords will for you to go in one direction He will open doors so you can move in that direction and put a desire in your heart to go in that direction. If you have to break down doors to move in that direction, then you are probably moving in the wrong direction.

Answer 9

I really do not think god is that worried about what city or state you are in.

I think he is more interested in the state of mind your heart and sole are in.

Answer 10

God gives opportunity and opens the door wherever we lay out heads. God just wants your total undivided attention no matter where you are. *(*