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Question?
What would you say was the greatest joy in life and yet proved to be the greatest question that you ever had to answer in your life?
It isn’t marriage.
And it isn’t kids either.
I venture to say that the greatest question and the greatest joy that you will ever know in your life are but the two different sides of the same coin---and for the sake of the analogy; the coin is God’s will for your life.
I say that from mine own experience with God’s will.
God’s will has proved to be that in my life.
The greatest question and yet at the same time the greatest joy.
I can’t help but think of where I would be if it had not been seeking and then doing God’s will in my life.
I don’t know exactly where I would be, but I do believe that I would not be here with you tonight.
It is sad to think but for many Christians God’s will for their lives is still a great question that has not been answered yet.
And because of that they have reaped the results of their illness and complacency.
However, what is a source of distress for some is a source of joy for others.
Others have found out what God’s will for their lives and they have threw caution into the wind and are engaged in doing God’s will!
I want you to know that those who are in the center if God’s Will are some of the most happiest Christians you will ever meet!
They have found their reason; they have their purpose for being here on this planet and they are enjoying it and eating it up!
I don’t blame them!
We shall look at the bible for the next few weeks and hopefully understand better God’s will and some things to avoid concerning God’s will.
The bible is full of folks just like us, weak, frail, and faltering at times yet God chose fit to call them to do some great things that the world hasn’t got over yet!
It was his will for their lives!
His plan, his reason for them being alive, his purpose for their existence!
They found God’s will!
Also they learned the hard way of resisting his will and stepping outside of God’s will; that also can teach us some things for ourlives as well.
I want to wet the appetite of your mind a little tonight and lay some foundational thoughts about God’s will.
Because believe it or not; you have your own preconceived notions about God’s will and how to find it.
We all do.
Some things are right on the money and some things, well must be for laughs.
That’s why it is so necessary to clear the air and dispel some false thinking right at the start about God’s will.
First let me give some ways some use to find God’s will for their lives.
THERE'S THE EXAMPLE of Christians who use the open window method in seeking God's will.
You put your Bible by a window and (whew!) the pages blow and you put your finger on a verse.
One man did that and pointed to the verse, "Judas went and hanged himself?'
Not a very good life verse, and he did it again.
This time he put his finger on the verse that said, "Go and do thou likewise?'
The third verse he found said, "Whatsoever thou doest, do quickly."
Here’s another:
A COLLEGE SOPHOMORE was in need of a car and had a series of dreams one night and everything was in yellow, everything!
Early the next morning he began to hit the used car lots, looking at one car after another.
Finally he found God's will for him: a yellow car, yellow inside and out.
He didn't even ask to drive it.
He just bought it.
However it turned out to be a lemon.
Here’s one that I like:
A GROUP OF THEOLOGIANS were discussing predestination and man’s free will.
When the argument became heated, the dissidents split into two groups.
One man, unable to make up his mind which group to join, slipped into the predestination crowd.
Challenged as to why he was there, he said, "Hey, I came of my own free will."
The group was angered, "Free will?
You can't join us!"
He retreated to the opposite group and met the same challenge.
"I was sent here," he said honestly.
"Get out!" they stormed.
"You can't join us unless you come of your own free will."
Here’s a tuff one:
Which view is right?
A man stumbled and fell down the steps of a large church.
One Arminian watched and said, "I wonder why he did that?
I wonder how that happened?"
A Calvinist watched and said, "I'll bet he's glad it's over."
Here’s another:
AS A MAN WAS DRIVING in Washington, D.C., he was searching for God's will for his future.
His car ran out of gas in front of the Philippines embassy.
He took it as a sign of God's will he should go to the Philippines as a missionary.
I wonder what he would do if he were single and stuck on an elevator with a single young lady named Mary.
These ways will land you into trouble much less God’s will!
If you think these are valid ways to finding God’s will; hey you need to cut God some more slack!
God’s will isn’t that hard to find for someone whose willing to do what ever it is!
Chances are you have stepped out of God’s will more often than finding it afresh!
What does that mean?
That means you were in God’s will and didn’t know it until you stepped out of it!
God doesn’t make finding his will hard, we make it hard and unfindable if our hearts aren’t right, and we employ some of the dumbest things imaginable.
We will cover:
o Finding God’s Will
o Running from God’s Will
o Stepping outside of God’s Will
o Side stepping God’s Will
o Helping God’s Will
o Understanding the Permissive Will of God
o Resting in God’s Will
These are areas where I have personally struggled and praise the Lord I have over come!
But maybe there’s an area in your life where you not so clear about God’s will.
I would listen, God knows your need, he will speak to that need, if you are listening.
Tonight, I want us to understand some fundamental things about God’s will.
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Believing God has a Will for you life.
The very first thing to consider is this very basic question; “do I really believe that God has a plan for my life?’ “Does such a thing as God’s will even exist?”
Some Christians think that there isn’t a plan for them, they think that God has over looked them in the crowd of humanity and they have just cause to do their own thing.
God is too busy with someone else, they say.
They feel like that are mistakes with God.
That God didn’t intent for them to be here, or they were just a mistake with their parents.
They might not come out and say it; but they believe that God does not know or have a plan for their lives!
Such thinking doesn’t come from the Bible.
Such thinking is humanism at its height, mixed with a side of evolution and served with a cold drink of relativism.
That simply means we don’t where we came from; we don’t care where we are headed and we don’t care who thinks we wrong.
No wonder that a million badies will be aborted this year.
With the thinking that life is just a mistake in the beginning, no wonder why the abortion clinics are full!
Such thinking doesn’t come from the bible.
The bibles teaches that every life has a purpose and that purpose is included in God’s will for that person!
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Jeremiah
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