Are
You Living In The Will Of God?
Too
often the will of God for the believer is thought of as
intangible and impossible to know. Most Christian books
written on the subject attempt to impose the will of man
on God rather than accepting the Scripture as the sole authority
for such information. Man has developed formulas for knowing
the will of God which confuse the Christian as to what is
and what isn't the will of God. Waiting on the Lord after
prayer and Bible reading will never produce any true concept
of what the will of God is in the life of the grace believer.
There are twelve things that the Bible
clearly teaches as being God's desirous will
(thelema) for the grace believer. Hebrews
13:20, 21 clearly describes the fact that is it possible
for the believer to be doing the will of God with God's
direct assistance.
Ephesians 5:17
commands the grace believer:
"Wherefore be not unwise, but
understanding what the will of the Lord is."
There is no uncertainty in this imperative. It is essential
for each believer to understand what the evident will of
God is. As a result of understanding the will of God, the
believer's walk (ordering the details of his life) will
be an accurate (Ephesians 5:15)
representation of the will of God.
A full experiential knowledge of the will
of God in all wisdom and spiritual understanding will produce
a walk which is in balance or identical to the desirous
will of God as the believer properly relates to the Lordship
of Christ (Colossians 1:9,10).
The grace believer has the potential to
stand mature and fully convinced in all the desirous will
of God (Colossians 4:12). When
the Christian is practicing the will of God as it is revealed
in Scripture, the specific details of the will of God simply
fall in place as a matter of course and are recognized as
God's desires.
A grace believer who is consistently doing
the will of God will be feeling at ease into the age because
the Holy Spirit gives a knowledge of all things (how
to be doing the will of God) (1 John 2:17,20).
GOD DESIRES FOR YOU TO:
1. Present your bodies a living sacrifice-Romans
12:1. This is the basis for the following eleven.
2. Be transformed by the Renewing of Your
Mind-Romans 12:2.
3. Use Your Spiritual Gift-He desired
you to have it an expects you to use it-1 Corinthians 12:18
(example: Paul an apostle by the will of God-1 Corinthians
1:1; 2 Corinthians 1:1; Ephesians 1:1; Colossians 1:1 and
2 Timothy 2:1).
4. Give Yourself to the Lord and Other
Believers-2 Corinthians 8:5.
5. Serve the Lord (originally to slaves)-Ephesians
6:6,7.
6. Be Set Apart (Sanctified) and Abstain
from Fornication-1 Thessalonians 4:3.
7. Be Thankful for and in everything-1
Thessalonians 5:18.
8. Experientially Know the Riches of the
Glory of the Indwelling Christ-"Christ in You"-Colossians
1:27.
9. Ask for Yourself (middle voice) According
to His Will-1 John 5:14,15).
10. Do Good in Every Part of Your Manner
of Living-1 Peter 2:15.
11. Suffer in Some Circumstances for Your
Consistent Testimony-1 Peter 3:17; 4:19.
12. Live the Remaining Time in the Will
of God and Not to the Flesh-1 Peter 4:2.
God never desires the impossible for the
believer. Always remember Hebrews 13:20,21 is in the Bible.
God will complete the task of seeing His will accomplished
in the life of the grace believer. Yielding to the Spirit
of God, the believer is then able to be doing the will of
God because he is a spiritual believer. A Christian must
be spiritual in order to stand and walk in the will of God.
God will make the proper adjustments in his life so that
he can be doing the will of God.
"Now
the God of peace…make you perfect (adjust you) in every
good work to do his will, working in you that which is well
pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ…."
Notes
by David K. Spurbeck
Valley Baptist Church of Gaston
Dispensational Theological Seminary
www.dispensational.com
