UNDERSTANDING THE WILL OF GOD: How To Seek The Will of God


Anchor Scripture: Isaiah 55:8 
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.”  

Focus Scripture: “And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” – Jeremiah 29: 13

Admonition
Greetings from the Throne of Grace!

There is no doubt that this week has been a great one in His presence. From knowing what God’s Will really is, all through to the basic tests to know whether something is God’s Will. I don’t know about you, but for me, the Holy Spirit has been so awesome. So, to cap it all this week, the Holy Spirit will be teaching us today, how to really seek God’s Will regarding any matter whatsoever.

One of the major obstacles to obtaining the Will of God is that we often come to Him with a list of our preferences regarding what we are believing Him for. This means, we often make the mistake of creating and carry the same to Him, a mental picture of what we want before asking Him whether it is His Will. That is to say that we often look for a rubber stamp god who will just stamp what we brought before him and call it his own will. It is like setting up an idol in our hearts before coming to inquire of the Lord; it estranges us from God (Ezekiel 14: 1 – 5). This is a very, very wrong attitude in seeking God’s Will in any matter. The Bible asks us to humble ourselves before the Lord that we may be lifted high (James 4: 10; 1 Pet. 5: 6). By the aforementioned attitude, we are not showing any humility. The right thing to do is to submit our own will to Him (Luke 22: 42; John 5: 30, 6: 38). So, be humble and submissive to receive the true Will of God.

The next huddle to cross in seeking God’s Will regarding any matter is that of TRUST or FAITH. By coming to Him at all, we ought to believe that He is able and that we could actually entrust the matter to Him. If this requirement is not there, then, we may not even bother going to Him at all. The book of Hebrews 11: 6 warns about this by saying that “without faith, it is impossible to please God.” So, when we want to seek the Will of God regarding any matter, we must trust Him to give us the best. That is part of what our Focus Scripture this morning is saying that if we seek Him with all our hearts (without doubting), we will find Him.

The last point we would mention this morning on this topic is that before seeking the Will of God on any matter, we MUST have sincerely decided to do whatever His Will regarding the matter. Remember, God cannot be mocked (Gal. 6: 7); He sees our hearts and could determine the sincerity of the heart that is seeking Him (1 Samuel 16: 7). For one, we ought to know that it dishonours God to give us His choice in a matter, but because of our haughty personal interests, decide not to honour God’s choice. That is why when God looks into the heart seeking Him but could not find the needed sincerity, He may decline to give His Will until that person is sincerely ready to do what God says.

Brethren, as we close out this topic this morning, let every reader of these words know that we didn’t make ourselves; God made us, and for a purpose, too. We are like manufactured gadgets that were made to serve a purpose, and any attempt to use the gadget for the wrong purpose, it malfunctions. That is why the lives of many Christians today are in tatters, begging for remedy. Two, doing contrary to the Will of God is like directly fighting against God; nobody who does that will ever FINISH STRONG with God (Isaiah 45: 9; Acts 5: 39; Hebrew 10: 31).

Till Monday when we shall meet again on this beautiful journey of FINISHING STRONG together, please, keep keeping on in Him.

N. B. Please, pray that God will give you a humble heart and lead and guide you always.

God bless you! Amen.

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