“God’s will be done.” Matthew 6:10

We, as Christians, often pray that God’s will would be done in whatever situation we are facing. And we should always seek God’s will in all things. There is nothing wrong with that. The big question is how do we know what God’s will is?

People have said so many times that it is hard to know for sure what God’s will really is. I will agree. Sometimes it is difficult to fully discern without a doubt what God wants for your life. I heard a speaker say one time that God does not intend for His will to be hard to know. He said, if your mom called you in the room and said “I want you to do something for me,” she would not make you guess what it was. She would simply say, “Take out the trash.” We never had to guess what our parents or our teachers wanted from us. They would state it clearly. But with God, it is a bit different. He doesn’t want His will to be a mystery, but He needs us to be in tune with Him. In step with Him.

I have told kids before, when talking about this subject, you start by weeding out what you know for sure is not God’s will. I told the kids, you start by thinking “I shouldn’t do drugs.” And you take a step to the right. “I shouldn’t steal.” And you take another step to the right. Then on the plus side, “I should read God’s Word.” Another step to the right. “I should surround myself with His people.” You take one more step to the right. You get the picture. As you step further from what God does not want for you, without a doubt, and closer to what He does want for you, without a doubt, you will soon find yourself gaining a clearer picture of what His will for your life looks like.

There are those occasions that we pray for God’s will and someone else is praying for God’s will and in the end, we were secretly hoping for opposite outcomes.  When Daddy was so sick and losing his grasp on the real world, it was hard for me to watch him lose his dignity and his skills. I will be honest. I would pray that God would allow him to go home to his heavenly home. I was talking to my mom one day and she said, “Oh I pray every day that God will let me keep Cletus just a little longer.” Both of us really wanted God’s will, but we wanted God’s will from opposite directions.  This is why we pray.

God knows the outcome before we even know the beginning! When we pray for His will to be done, we show that even though we might want with all of our hearts a certain outcome, we still, above all want what God sees as best. It shows that we are willing to trust this Master Creator with all we have and all we will ever have. It shows that we trust Him above all.

Are you sincerely seeking God’s will in your life? Are you surrounding yourself with those who help point you to Him? Are you studying God’s Word?

Seek God’s will! It will make a difference!

By: Gina Caswell Kelly