Definition:
The will of God is simply what God wants or how He would have things
be. Since the fall of man, the hearts of men have struggled with
accepting the true Will of God. I say "true" will because so many wrong
ideas of God's will have taken root in our hearts. Many believe it is
God's will to be poor, sick, dying. To worship Him out of duty
(religion) not love. We think God wants to hold us back, keep us from
enjoying life.. (the life He gave us, meanwhile). Friends, these are all
lies!! The devil's deception of Adam and Eve planted and reproduced in
us all a distrust and therefore rebellion to the will of God; we became
sinners.
This battle of the wills need not be! Romans 12:2 says that the will of God is GOOD and PLEASING and PERFECT. It is good becoz God is good. There is no evil in Him. It is pleasing becoz it is what we would all want if we knew what God knows. It is perfect- meaning you can't take away or add to it- becoz God remains the same all the time; unlike you and I, God doesn't change.
Yet, still we fear, resist and even rebel against God's will, because as I said earlier, we have a WRONG PERCEPTION of God. That is why as unbelievers, we try to make our own way into heaven. Or, we choose to believe it doesn't exist altogether. Then when we become Born Again, we still doubt God's goodness and mercy so we plead and beg in our prayers, and disobey our Father.
But what does God say? What is His will as revealed to us in the Bible? I have found a God that loves and wants to relate with man. A holy and merciful God; a just Father; a Savior, Advocate. He has good plans, not to harm but prosper us. He wants us to have abundant everlasting life!! This is our God. This is His will.
Let us discard all our misconceptions about God and look for His will in His Word. I have no doubt that as we do this; as we get to know God- His heart- we will know His Will, and find it to be good, pleasing to and perfect for us INDEED! AMEN.
This battle of the wills need not be! Romans 12:2 says that the will of God is GOOD and PLEASING and PERFECT. It is good becoz God is good. There is no evil in Him. It is pleasing becoz it is what we would all want if we knew what God knows. It is perfect- meaning you can't take away or add to it- becoz God remains the same all the time; unlike you and I, God doesn't change.
Yet, still we fear, resist and even rebel against God's will, because as I said earlier, we have a WRONG PERCEPTION of God. That is why as unbelievers, we try to make our own way into heaven. Or, we choose to believe it doesn't exist altogether. Then when we become Born Again, we still doubt God's goodness and mercy so we plead and beg in our prayers, and disobey our Father.
But what does God say? What is His will as revealed to us in the Bible? I have found a God that loves and wants to relate with man. A holy and merciful God; a just Father; a Savior, Advocate. He has good plans, not to harm but prosper us. He wants us to have abundant everlasting life!! This is our God. This is His will.
Let us discard all our misconceptions about God and look for His will in His Word. I have no doubt that as we do this; as we get to know God- His heart- we will know His Will, and find it to be good, pleasing to and perfect for us INDEED! AMEN.
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