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What is God’s Will for you life?
We have misconceptions that cause us anxiety.
We must think rightly about God’s Will.
Will of Decree
Will of Desire
Will of Direction
So if there isn’t a specific WILL for our lives that we have to find, what is God’s Will for our lives?
Speaking to anxious people just like you and I.
People that are more worried about the future than what is in front of us.
People who are more worried about decisions than their character.
The Better Way: Seeking contentment in His Provision
Jesus doesn’t treat obsession with the future as a personal quirk, but as evidence of little faith (v.
30).
Worry and anxiety reflect our hearts’ distrust in the goodness and sovereignty of God.
Worry is a spiritual issue and must be fought with faith.
- Kevin DeYoung
Our anxiety about the future and about the things around us stem from a deficiency in our faith.
It is totally human to worry about the stuff of life, but are faith should not be dictated by human circumstances, but by an all-powerful, loving, and caring God.
It doesn’t mean we are going to have an easy road if we just have faith, it means we are not going to change anything by worry, but our faith will change how we deal with things.
The difference between us and a Gentile is our “heavenly Father knows that you need them all.”
- God is watching over us.
Even when we are lacking, God is still caring for us.
Even when things seem to be going against us, we must trust God for He is our rock and our salvation.
We haven’t missed God’s Will, God’s Will is that we be content in Him alone.
1 thess 5:
The Better Way: Pursuing character as His Plan
matt 6:
Seeking first the kingdom of God is ultimately us refocusing our minds on God’s purpose for us away from our focus/plan/desire for ourselves.
When we are focused on God’s Kingdom, His rule over our life and purpose for our life, then His Will is more about our character than our future.
Look at what Paul says:
Paul prays for them (and us) to know God’s will so that we may
Walk worthy of the Lord
Bear fruit in good works
Increase in knowledge of God
Be strengthen in His power for endurance and patience.
To be filled with the Spirit that we might overcome the desires of the flesh that destroy.
Kevin DeYoung says this:
So go marry someone, provided you’re equally yoked and you actually like being with each other.
Go get a job, provided it’s not wicked.
Go live somewhere in something with somebody or nobody.
But put aside the passivity and the quest for complete fulfillment and the perfectionism and the preoccupation with the future, and for God’s sake start making some decisions in your life.
Don’t wait for the liver-shiver.
If you are seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, you will be in God’s will, so just go out and do something.
and the perfectionism and the preoccupation with the future, and for God’s sake start mak- ing some decisions in your life.
Don’t wait for the liver-shiver.
If you are seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, you will be in God’s will, so just go out and do something.
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