Finding God’s Will

People often look for God’s will the wrong way, through circumstances and events. We look for signs or signals that tell us what to do, hoping God is speaking through affirming circumstances, open and closed doors, or just difficult or pleasent relationships. If this was the way God spoke then Jesus would never have left Nazareth much less have entered Jerusalem the week He was crucified. Even though circumstances said get out while you can, God must be speaking through the negative response of so many, Jesus found a place in a Garden where He spoke to God and then prayed, “Not my will but thine be done”!. We find God’s will through 1. knowing God, 2. Conversation with God, 3. and then obedience to God. Moses found God’s will at a burning bush and went to face Pharaoh even though he did not really want to or even think he had the talents to do such a thing. Abraham found God’s will in his back yard as God told him to leave his homeland. Paul found God’s will on the Damascus Road and later in a prison cell.
Finding God’s will is almost always surprising, unexpected, , and not easy, but it is always Amazing.