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Question #12


"How do I know the Will of God for my life?"



Answer #12


I had about ten people ask that.  "How do I know the Will of God?"  "I'm
trying, I'm praying, I'm asking how do I know if its me or if its God, and so
forth and so on?"  How can I know the Will of God?  I have a simple little
formula, and if you get this in your mind, I think it will help.

The first thing you do is to go to the Bible.  Sound reasonable?  You go to
the Bible and find out what the Will of God is.  Good, let's look very
quickly.

1Timothy, chapter 2, verses 3 and 4, and I will quote it from the King James
Version, verse 3 and 4, "God our Savior, who will have all men to be saved
and to come to the knowledge of the truth."  The first thing that God wills,
is that you be what?  Saved.  You be saved.  Do you want to do the will of
God?  Then get saved, come to Christ.

Second thing, Ephesians chapter 5, verse 17, says, "So then, do not be,"
what?  What is it?  "Foolish."  Can you think of a word that means the same
and starts with "S"?  Right.  Don't be Stupid.  "But understand what the will
of the Lord is."

Now, let me ask you a question, if you don't know what the will of God is,
what are you?  What are you?  You say, "Is that in the Bible?"  It says,
"Don't be stupid, know the will of God.  If you don't know the will of God
then you are stupid.  You say, "Well, now wait a minute, it should say,
'Don't be foolish, but try to find the will of God."  No.  You say, "I'm
looking, I'm looking."

Well, don't look too far its in the next verse, "Do not get drunk with wine
for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit."  The first thing God
wills is that you be saved, the second thing He wills is that you be Spirit
filled.

"Spirit filled," what does that mean?  Controlled by the Holy Spirit.  That's
God's will.  That's God's will.  1Thessalonians, chapter 4, verse 3, you
know it is amazing to me, people running around looking for God's will.  I
have seen this through the years, "You know I am trying to find God's will.
I am searching for God's will, you know."  And they get real mystical, they
think they are going to run down the street, slip on a banana peel and land
on a map of Argentina.  You know, that's a missionary call.  They are waiting
for God to say something out of heaven.

Look, verse 3, "This is the will of God, your," what?  "Sanctification."
God wills that you be saved; God wills that you be Spirit filled; God wills
that you be sanctified.  What do you mean by that?  "That you abstain from,"
what?  "Sexual immorality."  That's God's will.  Stay away from sexual
immorality.

You see God's will is very, very specific.  Look at 1Peter, chapter 2, verse
13, "Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake, to every human institution,
whether to a King as one in authority, or to governors as sent by Him for the
punishment of evil doers, and the praise of those who do right.  For such is
the will of God, that by doing right, you may silence the ignorance of
foolish men."

Fourth thing, be submissive.  Submit to the authorities, be a model citizen,
do right, that's the will of God, that's the will of God.  Very basic, that's
God's will.  God's will is that you be saved; God's will is that you be
Spirit filled; God's will is that you be sanctified; God's will is that you
be submissive.

And then would you notice in chapter 3, verse 17, "It is better, if God
should will it so, that you suffer, for doing for what is right."  How
committed are you to doing what is right?

Five things, Saved; Spirit filled; Sanctified; Submissive; willing to Suffer
for doing what is right.  You say, "That doesn't help me to know God's will."
Sure it does.  Let me tell you something.  If you are saved, Spirit-filled,
sanctified, submissive, and doing right to the degree that you would even
suffer, do you know what the next step in God's will is?  Whatever you want!

You say, "You are kidding."  No, because, who is controlling your desires?
Do you know what it says in Psalm 37:4?  "Delight in the Lord, and he will
give you," what?  "The desires of your heart."  Do you know what that means?
That doesn't mean, "Delight in the Lord, and he will give you what you want."
What it means is, "Delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of
your heart."  He will put His desires in your heart.

People say, "Well, why did you go to Grace Church?"  And I say, "I wanted
too."  "Oh!  You wanted too!  That's not very Spiritual."  Well, it is if you
are saved, Spirit-filled, sanctified, submissive, and suffering, because who
is in control of my wants?  God leads through your desire, beloved.  But
don't trust you desire unless the things you know of God's will are true.

Simply, this is the system:  If I am doing what is already revealed as God's
will, then I am not going to have any trouble with the part that isn't
revealed.  Right?  He's going to lead me to the right place; lead me to the
right people; lead me to the right relationship.

Guys always say, "How do I find the right wife?"  Very simple, be the right
husband.  You be all that God has called you to be, you be living in the will
of God, saved, Spirit-filled, sanctified, submissive, suffering if need be
for what is right, and if you are the person that God has designed you to be
then God will lead you the next step and give you the desire of your heart
for the woman that he wants you to marry.

God moves through desires in the heart of the person that is committed to
Him.