"God's will for you"

Victory Can Be Yours!

Article #12

            What is God’s will for you?  I spent a great deal of time through several years trying to answer that question for myself.  I know that He wanted more of me than just attending church one hour each week, but I couldn’t seem to find the answer.  I am certain that most Christians experience the same confusion in trying to discover God’s will.  Through the Scriptures, God has revealed what His will is for all of His children.  His will is revealed page after page in the Bible.

            If we are really concerned about how we are to serve God or how we can do what He wants us to do, we cannot just sit and wait for Him to speak to us through a burning bush.  He does not speak to us today as He did to Moses, the Prophets, and other important people in the Old Testament.  He speaks to us today through His Word, the Scriptures.

            The Bible is like the operator’s manual you get with your car.  If you follow the manufactures instructions contained in the manual, you get the best possible results in operating the vehicle, you are less likely to have a break-down.  The same is true in following the instructions laid out by God through the manual He has given us.  If we do as we are instructed in the Bible, we will be doing His will and we will have fewer break-downs.  Again, this is not unlike your car, in that if you wait until after your car has fallen apart. It can be very costly to put it back together or, is not of much value.  We must read the manual in order to prevent this costly repair.  The same is true in doing God’s will.  Paul says, “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Rom. 12:2)  We must first read and study our operator’s manual, the Bible, as a preventive measure to insure proper operation and avoid costly mistakes in the way we live.  If we do not follow the Bible’s instructions, we will most likely be of little or no value to Him.  Too often, when we read the instructions, we still fail in many areas.  But, if we do not read and try our best to follow His instructions, we do not have a chance in accomplishing what we want so much to do, to serve Him and carry out His will. 

            The Bible states, “All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequately equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3: 16, 17)  It is important that we read the Bible instead of trying to rely on someone else to tell us what it says and what it means.  If we do that we will find ourselves in the position of what Paul warns of; “As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by the craftiness in deceitful scheming.” (Eph. 4:14)  Instead, we are to be like the Bereans, “Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.” (Acts 17:11)

            You, too, can have victory in Jesus!  More will follow.

Lowell Parrish