“God spoke to me…” “I felt God direct me…” “God impressed something on my heart…”
When I was editor of Focus on the Family’s Single-Parent Family magazine, I often published articles from writers who used words like these when referring to God’s instructions to them. One day I received a stinging letter from a reader who wrote, “What? Do you all have a 1-800 number to hear directly from God? If you do, please pass it on so I can hear from God too.”
Most of us have felt similar frustrations about not knowing God’s will regarding decisions we face or crises we encounter. We may have felt envious of those who always appear to know what God wants them to do. And maybe we’ve felt disappointed after we’ve asked God’s guidance in a specific area and then not felt that we received it: “Where should I work?” “Whom should I marry?” “When should I make the move?”
One of the great benefits of really knowing God is getting to know His mind, too. That means understanding what His will is regarding issues we face, and it is a blessing God offers to those who really know Him. Consider these promises from Scripture:
One of the great benefits of really knowing God is getting to know His mind, too. That means understanding what His will is regarding issues we face, and it is a blessing God offers to those who really know Him. Consider these promises from Scripture:
“I will instruct you and teach in the way you should go; I will guide you with My loving eye” (Ps. 32:8).
“Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it’” (Is. 30:21).
“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way you should go” (Is. 48:17).
Once when I was holding tenaciously to verses like these and seeking God’s will for some important decisions, a wise man I know told me, “When you’re seeking God’s will, it’s honestly easier to find it than not. God wants us to know His will more than we want to know it.”
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~ By Lynda Hunter Bjorklund
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