How Can I Know The Will Of God?

Wanting to know the will of God is the worthiest of endeavors for anyone walking on two feet any day of the week. Unfortunately, knowing the will of God is not readily understood by just any and everyone which leaves most of us having to ask, how can I know the Will of God?

Specifically speaking, one may know the will of God by emptying one’s self out, fully submitting to God’s Word, and being led by His Spirit. The knowledge of God’s will is reserved for those who have come to their own end and have made the commitment to fear and obey Him without exception.

God wants us to know His will and to live a happy life of obedience to Him but we must do our part and diligently seek Him until we find Him. It’s from this perspective that I want to study this title and you are invited to discover with me what the spirit of God has to say to us today, let’s get started…

How To Know The Will Of God Through Fasting

In order to learn what God wants of you or to know His will for your life the very first thing that must be done is to draw close to Him. There are many ways to go about this which is what we are going to talk about for a bit. One of the best ways to draw closer to God is by fasting. Fasting does a few things that help us draw closer to God. Fasting is a sacrifice to God. It shows God that we want Him so much that we are willing to even seek Him straight through our meal times. We are telling Him I need you so much that I’m not even going to stop seeking you to eat.

Usually, when a person commits to a fast they don’t just fast from food but from everything but God. When I fast I turn off or stay off all of my devices and I use that time exclusively for prayer and Bible study. I call this time a time of consecration where God has my full attention. It’s during this time that God will draw close to us and begin to reveal different things to us. God loves when we put Him first especially when we put Him before our own desires. Part of learning God is learning to trust Him with our lives without us worrying about tomorrow.

This too attracts God to us in a powerful way. When we demonstrate faith in what God has said He responds to us and draws us closer to Himself. Anyone who wants to know God and His will would benefit greatly from this approach. Consecrate yourself through fasting and allow God’s Spirit to begin speaking to you, you’ll be amazed at what He says.

How To Know The Will Of God Through Prayer

Anyone who has read the Bible would have probably noticed that prayer and fasting are pretty much a married couple. Prayer and fasting compliments each other so well and when combined together they produce incredible results. Let me take a moment to make a point, the things I’m writing here are for those who are seriously seeking God for an answer. Many people think that their modern-day regular routine of just attending church once a week will give them the answers that they are looking for. Let me be the first to tell you, that won’t work.

Serving God and learning His Will is a full-time effort. It’s important that when we engage in a time of consecration with God that we spend lots of time in prayer asking God for the leading of His Spirit. When I sit down to write I always ask God to help me to shut up and be used as an instrument of righteousness. If you talk to God He will talk back, God desires us to come to Him and have a relationship with Him. He desires to reveal Himself to us. Consider Proverbs 3:32 where the Bible teaches us that the secret of the Lord is with the righteous.

Time spent in prayer to the Lord is the best time that anyone could spend. There’s not another activity that a person can engage in that would benefit them as much as a prayer to the Lord. James 5:16 says, “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”. Anyone desiring to know the will of God has to have a regular prayer schedule in their arsenal.

How To Know The Will Of God Through His Word

Knowing God through His Word is so rewarding. It’s like having all of the correct answers to any test you would ever have to take. One of the things you’ll notice is that all of these methods work best together. First Corinthians 2:14 tells us, “But the natural man receiveth, not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned”. Although the Word of God is full of God’s Will for us we still need Him to reveal the actual meaning of His Word. This is why fasting and prayer are so important.

They focus our minds on God and allow His Spirit to speak directly to us. Many people read the Bible but don’t understand the meaning therein. All of these methods work together to produce an understanding of God’s Will for our lives. Just as I said before it must be a full-time commitment, we could never gain an understanding of God on a part-time basis.

How To Know The Will Of God Through His Spirit

When describing the Holy Spirit to His disciples Jesus said that the Holy Spirit is our helper who will come alongside of us and guide us into all truth. Jesus describes the Holy Spirit as someone that we need to accomplish His work and will on the earth. In Luke 24:49 Jesus says, “And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from on high”. Jesus wanted His disciples to go into all of the world to share the gospel but before they could do it He wanted them to wait for the Holy Spirit to come.

The Holy Spirit will teach us the Will of God and give us the Power of God to overcome the struggles we all will face on our journey to know His will. In John 16:12 Jesus says this of the Holy Spirit, “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you”.

The Holy Spirit will speak to you and guide you so that you are always doing what God wants you to be doing. The Holy Spirit will keep us on the very important task of world evangelism, which was commanded by Jesus after His resurrection. Having The Spirit of God living in us is crucial to our ability to know God’s will for our lives.

Why We Need To Know God’s Will For Us And The World

A man without God is like a moving car without a driver, destined for destruction. I said in another post that man was never designed to operate apart from God. The one important reason we need to know God’s will for our lives is that the devil is trying to destroy us. If we don’t know what God’s will is for us the devil can lead us down the wrong path. From the book of Job, we know that there’s a spiritual world or realm running parallel to this one.

We know that The Apostle Paul said in Ephesians 6:12, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places”. When we are not in the will of God for our lives it leaves us open to attacks from the devil that we will never see coming. There are people getting attacked every day by the devil and they have no idea that it came from him. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that none of us are any match for the devil even on our best days.

We can know God’s will and He wants us to know it. Jeremiah 29:13 says, “And ye shall seek me, and find me when ye shall search for me with all your heart”.

Amen, Well friends I pray these words were edifying to you and I want to invite you to download our free guide, “5 Ways To Fight Worry, Anxiousness, And Anxiety
With God’s Word”, I’m sure it will bless your soul. I want to thank you so much for studying with us and being here, we love you and we are praying with you that the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is extended to you. Until next time we pray that your faith fails not.

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