Question for Christians?

Question

How do you determine God's will? What if you are doing one thing that you think is God's will, but someone else claims that the opposite is God's will. Who is right? And how do you know whose will it really is?

Answer 1

I rely on my own relationship with my God. I don't look for other people to tell me what is the will for my life.

As far as knowing whose will it really is. . . .unfortunately, the only answer I have for you is my faith. I have walked with the Lord for a while. . . .and the more time I walk with Him the easier it gets for me to determine His will. Quite often a direction I feel led to go is difficult and sometimes seems impossible. . .but if God leads me there I know He will provide the way and the means to get me there.

Answer 2

God's perfect will is in the Bible, and when deciding what to do in a certain situation we consult the Bible and see if it lines up with the Word. However, there are some gray areas today that may cause one to not be sure of their decision. In that case we pray and surrender our decision to God, and he answers us in our spirit, and then confirms it in various ways. In the case where 2 people claim opposite views on God's will..I would pray and fast & then wait on God. Perhaps neither were right. Sometimes we do miss God's will, because we are human..but God knows that and even makes provisions for our mistakes. His hand is always on us, and his Grace is more than abundant.

Answer 3

It is posable to be truly trying to do God's will and be wrong, take Paul as an example.

The main thing is to make sure what we are doing (or not doing) is according to the Bible.

If you find some one doing something that is opposite of what you are doing, but it is not spelled out in the Bible (not a main point of Salvation) than you both should just pray about it and follow your conviction (God will judge you on what you know and how you follow that).

Answer 4

The Scripture says to "...try the spirits and see whether they be of God..." It means to apply what you think is God's will to your life and if God approves, all will be well in your world. If He doesn't, then you can't be down in the mouth about it, but must strive to find it. As for other people's claims, they have to do the same as you or they're just as wrong as they claim you are!

Answer 5

God determines His own will. Nobody does it for Him.

Some people do His will, others don't. If a person wants to do God's will, then the best thing that person can do is get to know God, worship Him, interact with Him and be willing to follow Him.

Answer 6

For me it has been like trial and error sometimes. I watched the way other's have lived their lives. I have gone through therapy to deal with the things in my childhood that stopped me from being in God's will from an early age. I have had assessment tests to find out my strengths and weaknesses. I did the assessment tests because my parents didn't know God's will for my life and so I grew up not knowing.

I have studied the Bible for myself and applied many of the things I have studied to my own life. When someone tries to tell me what God's will is for my life I first look at their life. If they are not codependent, I pray and ask God to show me if what they are saying is correct. I believe that God will speak to each one of us individually. I do not believe He plays guessing games with us. I believe that sometimes He will send someone to us if we can't hear Him but that is why when someone tells me they have a message from Him to me, I go right back to Him and try to hear Him for myself. In the end it turns out to be my will because I want to have what He wants for me. I believe He knows best.

Answer 7

Is it in line with scripture?

Be in prayer, this is an individual matter. But ultimately it would need to line up with Scripture.

Why do you ask? Are you concerned about knowing the will of God in your life?

1 Thessalonians 4:3a
"For this is the will of God, your sanctification..."

sanctification is being set apart for God from the world

Answer 8

Prayer and the guidance of the Bible are very important in knowing God's will, but also important are the talents and desires that He has given you. God wants you to use those talents He gave you for His purpose and glory. He makes natural fits.

Answer 9

I follow the counsel found in the Bible commands and principles .

(Romans 12:2) And quit being fashioned after this system of things, but be transformed by making YOUR mind over, that YOU may prove to yourselves the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

(1 Thessalonians 4:3) For this is what God wills, the sanctifying of YOU, that YOU abstain from fornication;

(1 Peter 4:2-5) - to the end that he may live the remainder of [his] time in the flesh, no more for the desires of men, but for God’s will.  For the time that has passed by is sufficient for YOU to have worked out the will of the nations when YOU proceeded in deeds of loose conduct, lusts, excesses with wine, revelries, drinking matches, and illegal idolatries. Because YOU do not continue running with them in this course to the same low sink of debauchery, they are puzzled and go on speaking abusively of YOU.  But these people will render an account to the one ready to judge those living and those dead.

(1 Thessalonians 5:18) In connection with everything give thanks. For this is the will of God in union with Christ Jesus respecting YOU.

(1 Peter 4:2) to the end that he may live the remainder of [his] time in the flesh, no more for the desires of men, but for God’s will.

(2 Corinthians 5:15) and he died for all that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died for them and was raised up.

Answer 10

Only God determine's God's will