Knowing God’s Will Episode 159
If you think that knowing God’s will is impossible, think again. How can I make such a bold claim? It is easy, and I promise it will set you free. This podcast will change the way you think about prayers and promises to grow your faith.
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You may think it is a bold claim to proclaim that God’s will can be known to us, but truthfully it is a decision on our part to allow the Almighty to work in our lives and that takes trust, we truly do not have the ability to do it on our own. So, what do we need? We need grace from God. Jesus himself gave us a directive in the Lord’s Prayer, the prayer He directly gave the people, and in turn us. In Matthew 6:9-10 the first half reads “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
Knowing God’s Will
And in a nutshell, this is how we should pray each and every day:
- Lord, I give you my will.
- Lord, please give me your will.
- Thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
This is life-changing, and if we can do this multiple times each day, your life will change. This prayer unites our will to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This prayer reminds us that we have free will and can make choices each day to that can help us or hinder us and our spiritual life. If you want to grow in your prayer life try this prayer.
Many of us are going through a hard time. And if you are not, just wait–each day brings its own challenges. By asking that the Lord’s will be done in our life at least insures to a small degree that we have done our part. We have accepted the Lord and His divine and permissive will for our lives. But why do good people suffer? My sarcastic answer would be, “Because we are not in heaven.” But, the scripture has much to say about this:
1 Peter 4:17:19. (read on audio)
Wow, is that harsh? We are not used to hearing that God’s household can be judged because frankly brothers and sisters we don’t hear it in our churches, in our Bible studies we want the glory and praise version, and when we are hit with this verse, we think about this person and that person who should hear this–because of course, this applies to their lives and not to yours. Am I right? How often have you heard a sermon or even podcast -or even this podcast and you are thinking of someone you wish could hear this. But, we–me and you —we need to stop and say “I hear Lord ready to do your will.”
Just consider this. If you have a child who says, mom or dad, I want to do what you want me to do. Please instruct me and allow me to do your will. What would we think? We’d be so excited that our child finally got it! Our kid is brilliant, our child realizes that it is easier to go along with parental instruction than it is to buck God’s authority. Am I right?
Well, now consider God and how he thinks about those who want to do His will, who want to follow the narrow path that has some bumps, twists, and turns but ultimately leads to everlasting life.
In James 4:13-17 (read on audio)
Friends, we make plans daily and we think, no worries I have tomorrow. What about those who don’t have tomorrow, what then? What about their everlasting life. I think about officials in high places that lead the sheep astray, I think about the clergy who are too afraid to say anything negative about politics or shutdowns of our church, our right to the freedom to worship. What about the souls of those who were not fed? God said, “Feed my sheep.”
The sheep do not have well-formed consciences, the sheep follow blindly, the sheep do not have the gift of discernment because it has not been formed. You want the grace to know God’s will? Pray, I give you my will, please give me your will. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Friends if all Christians prayed God’s will, if all Christians repented and asked God for a relationship or deeper relationship in their lives, if all Christians in one voice said–your will God not mine, we’d see a revival.
Let’s pray:
Dear Father, Son, and Holy Spirit I come before you sinful and sorrowful. I ask you my God to give me the grace to form the gift of discernment, this is a gift that you freely give us, it is a way we can see evil for what it is and not be dissuaded in our mission to serve you. Please my God give me the grace to say, my Lord and my God, I give you my will, please give me your will. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Dear Lord, I ask you the following prayer… and I pray this in Jesus’s Name. Amen.
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