HOW TO KNOW GOD'S WILL

How to Know God's Will
(Plus a Little-Known Secret!)
By Eddie Smith
 
How you can know God’s will:
1. Abide in him. John 15:7 tells us that knowing the will of God is a result of “abiding in him, and his words abiding in us.” It is to live as a branch, attached to the Vine (Jesus), so that his life is our life, his thoughts are our thoughts, and Etc.
    How do we know if we are “abiding in him” in this way? Quite simply this: a healthy branch, attached to a vine, receives nourishment from it and bears fruit!
 
2. Allow his words (His Word) to abide in you. You can’t know God any better than you know his Word. The purposes of God are gold to be mined from the promises of God.
 
3. Spend time in his presence. It’s hard to know the heart of a friend with whom you spend little time.
 
4. Ask him. Yes! We’re talking about prayer, right? Then pray that God will reveal his will to you. Sometimes he will. He will show you what he’s doing and what he’s planned for you.
    The idea of asking God to reveal his will isn’t new. Moses knew God’s ways. We’re told in Exodus 33:13 that he asked God to show him his ways. King David also prayed to know God’s ways. In Psalm 25:4, (MSG) he prayed, “Show me how you work, GOD; School me in your ways.”
 
5. Ask him for multiple confirmations. Scripture teaches the value of two or three witnesses to confirm a thing. (See Matt. 18:16; 2 Cor. 13:1.)
    So, ask God to provide unmistakable, multiple confirmations. There’s nothing wrong with that. After all, it was his suggestion.
 
A Little Known Secret of Life!!
 
Here is a little-known secret:  Even if God doesn’t reveal the knowledge of his will, pray that he will keep you in the center of it. Is that possible? Absolutely.
    The pilot of an airplane doesn’t have to be able to see the airstrip, or even know exactly where he is, as long as he is in radio contact with the tower, and the tower has him on their radar. If so, they know his altitude, location, direction and speed of travel, and will guide him to a safe landing.
    If you don’t know “where you are today” in the context of God’s will (his plan for your life) don’t press him for “the knowledge” of his will. Sometimes the Lord withholds the knowledge to teach us to walk by faith.
    Just as the pilot listens to the tower operator’s instructions and places his faith in him or her; God asks us to do the same at times. Oddly, we may not know where we are, or where we’re going, and we can still stay in the center of his will.
    As Jesus told his disciples before teaching them the model prayer, “…your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him” (Matt. 6:8, KJV).
    So, resist the urge to explain things to God who knows everything. Fight the urge to instruct him, or to explain how you want The Creator to solve your problem