2007-05-27 17:52:39 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Search it out in Scripture.
If you have searched it out and find no answer do as you wish without violating your Christian conscience.
God's secret will is secret. It is not something we should be spending time trying to reveal (because He will not reveal it). Run from people trying to lure you into such nonsense.
2007-05-27 17:59:54 · answer #1 · answered by Calvin 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
God is only God if he created you. The Bible starts, "In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the earth."
The reason for reading your Bible is that it is by reading God's Word, you learn to "hear" God's voice. The words of God is the bread of life to us.
You need to put all of Jesus' teaching together as he said in the parable of the wise and foolish builder. The more pieces to connect the more solid your foundation.
So knowing what God's will is for you comes after you join the church and after you learn to hear God's voice....not before. When you put together the ideas found in scripture, the foundation you need will be in place.
You will discover you purpose when you can teach others how to feed themselves. You can't teach others a skill you don't have. This is the first step.
The second step is hearing God's voice. God is the only one that can tell you your purpose is only God knows why he made you.
God's will is for you to go out into the world and make disciples.
God also wants you approach him as a small child....to be totally dependant on him.
And God wants you love your neighbor. These are the boundaries God gives you. Anything you do in love, there God is.
Think of your calling like a plant growing up. It is only when the plant flowers that the plant is mature enough to something beyond itself. It is here when the person will be called / co-missioned to go into all the world and making disciples by teaching others to love their neighbor.
Hope this helps
2007-05-28 01:32:03 · answer #2 · answered by DS M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are two keys for knowing God's will for a given situation (1) Make sure what you are asking for or considering doing is not something the Bible forbids. (2) Make sure what you are asking for or are considering doing will glorify God and help you grow spiritually. If these two things are true and God still is not giving you what you are asking – then it is likely not God’s will for you to have what you are asking for. Or, perhaps you just need to wait a while longer for it. Knowing God’s will is sometimes difficult. People want God to basically tell them what to do – where to work, where to live, who to marry, etc. Romans 12:2 tells us, "Do not conform any longer 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."
God rarely gives people that direct and specific of information. God allows us to make choices regarding those things. The only decision God does not want us to make is the decision to sin or resist His will. God wants us to make choices that are in agreement with His will. So, how do you know what God’s will is for you? If you are walking closely with the Lord and truly desiring His will for your life – God will place His desires on your heart. The key is wanting God’s will, not your own. “Delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:4). If the Bible does not speak against it, and it can genuinely benefit you spiritually - then the Bible gives you the "permission" to make decisions and to follow your heart.
Recommended Resource: Cure for the Common Life: Living in Your Sweet Spot by Max Lucado.
2007-05-28 00:56:02 · answer #3 · answered by Freedom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have already started. You recognize that God is God and you are his creation. You know that you are in need of his will.
Next I advise you to discern, through prayer, your calling in life in regards to whether you should marry, be single or pursue a religious life. Examine your life closely in this area. This is where we Christians get the most confused in this world of hyper sexuality.
Our calling in life is all built upon whether we are to serve God by bringing a family into this world, a blessed calling, or serving him alone, unfettered with family concerns.
Yours In Christ,
2007-05-28 01:11:14 · answer #4 · answered by Grace 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can find God's complete Will for all of His children in the Word of God. There are many things that God wants for His children. Just like we want only the best for our natural children, God is the same way. He wishes above all else that we prosper and be in good health, even as our soul prospers. Just as we are not pleased when our children are disobedient, God feels the same way. May God BLess U.
2007-05-28 00:57:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The bible tells us what it is. To do justly and to love mercy. To be compassionate, loving, kind, patient, merciful, forgiving. And then to get up the next day and do it all over again.
You don't have to have some "grand" effect in life to be in God's will. Just living day by day doing as best as you can in following Jesus Christ and emulating Him, is God's will. Other than that, God will show you.
2007-05-28 00:56:26 · answer #6 · answered by Esther 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know what His will is,is what I have to accomplish in my life: I have a family, so I take care of them= His Will. They need food, clothes and medical help.
If anybody else needs my help, whoever they are, if I can help, I will help them= God's Will.
2007-05-28 00:58:37 · answer #7 · answered by * 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was told by a very wise man... My husband..... Just recently, I argued that if I wrote something inspiring, that someone could take it out of proportion and make it into something it was not intended.....
It is as one who drew a picture of Jesus... and later finds out that people idolized that picture... bow down to it.... and treated it as if it were god.....Idolatry!!!
Would that man be cursed if someone did something out of the ordinary with his gift?!!!
So, I pondered.....
and he told me this: "God gives no man a gift, that He will curse him for!"
So, it is with the will of God. That it is not His intention to see any man do wrong... to see any man fail.... or to see any man's life squandered....... But, every man must put forth an effort to utilize the gift within him and benefit the world. That is God's way......
We all have a gift...... to find it is amazing!!!!
Your sister,
Ginger
2007-05-28 00:59:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I know what God's will for me is because I have faith in my beliefs. I have faith that the Bible is the word of God and his plan for all mankind is laid out for us.
It is we, as individuals, who make the decisions on the specifics of our lives but God has given us guidelines from which we are to live by. His ultimate plan and purpose for each of us will be revealed as he sees fit. He guides our course where necessary and the rest is up to us.
To answer your question, I don't need to know what God's plan for me is because I have faith that he will guide my path. I live my life the best way I can and I turn to him for the rest.
2007-05-28 01:02:18 · answer #9 · answered by Blazingskye5504 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God will lead you into all truth and will reveal his plan for your life. The Holy Spitit will speak to you.
2007-05-28 00:59:28 · answer #10 · answered by Godb4me 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋