How can we find God’s will for my life?
Get into God’s words and ask God for your destiny.
Here are the steps. 1. Dying to self. Ps 138:23-24 “Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me and know my anxious thoughts; See if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.” God’s best outcome.
In God’s way, every situation is a learning experience. God teaches us through pruning, as we are part of him. “John 15:5 1. 5″I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. (NIV)
In pruning, we go through life experiences, enriching us and we should treat those moments as learning and not punishment. Anyway, God will put a test till we cannot take it any longer. 1 Corinthians 10:13 “God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.” And will provide a way out too because we have to believe everything is possible with God. (Mark 9:23)
Once we are in His perfect will, we will need to reset our hearts towards His purposes instead of fulfilling our own desires and needs. Many a times, we forget that our home on earth is temporary and in God’s Kingdom is eternal. So what are we living for? We have to then: -
1. Admit our problem. James 1:14 “ A man’s temptation is due to the pull of his own inward desires. Our nature is always defensive and pushing the blame either to the situation or someone else. Ever heard this familiar phrase “the devil let me do it”
2. Speak to your mountain. Mark 11:23 “I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. In this passage, Jesus said once but we must speak it twice or more to achieve success! Lay down your life
3. Put our past behind us. Phil 3:13-14 “Forgetting what’s behind and straining toward what is ahead. I press on toward the Goal.” Said Paul. Yes, we fall constantly, but we will need to get up just like a baby learning to walk. Thomas Edition has this to say “Don’t call it a failure, call it an education! Now you know what didn’t work”
4. Avoid temptation. This world and its fallen nature with the Satan cohorts are roaming for targets. Eph 4:27 “Don’t give the devil a chance” and also 1Cor15: 33 “Bad company corrupts good characters”
5. Be Accountable & Authentic. Ecc4: 13 “Two men can resist an attach that would defeat one man.” Take a buddy system. Jesus even told his disciples to go out two by two. He knows that weaknesses of one but there is power in two!
6. How can we change to fit gifting, styles or personality?
a. Believe we can change Phil 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” It’s not by our own strengths, but God’s Grace that we are conquerors
b. God initiates change. Gal 5:16”Let the Spirit direct your lives and your will not satisfy the desires of human nature. Put God first in our lives Matt 6:33”Seek ye the Kingdom of God….” Phil 2:13 “For God is at work within you helping you to want to obey Him & their helping you to do what He wants.
c. Transformation, not conformation 2Cor 5:17 Paul changed his mind > attitude >Action and thus his destiny. Thus, finding your gift and through personality change, we can use God’s given talent (ability) to achieve everlasting success!
