"How to Know the Will of God?"

Will of God

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One theme that all parts of Scripture take up in one way or another is the will of God. God’s will is as vast as his entire plan for creation, and from the standpoint of objective content, it seems to be settled and unchanging.

The word for “will” is thelma. The word means “what one desire or has determined will happen.”  That is, we are to want God to have His desire, His will and His plans fulfilled. That is, your life and plans should agree with His.

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“The will of God will never take you where the grace of God will not protect you.”

“The safest place to be is in the center of God’s will. “ Corrie ten Boom.

“There is no failure in God’s will and no success outside of God’s will.” George W. Truett.

When speaking of God’s will, there two kinds. 1) His Sovereign will and 2) His revealed will.

Sovereign will is also called his “hidden will” The sovereign will is His rule of the universe who ordains all that happens; for it involves God’s decrees. It is “hidden” because we are usually unaware of this aspect of God’s will until what He has decreed takes place. There is nothing that happens that is outside of God’s sovereign will.

For example, it was God’s sovereign will that Joseph be taken to Egypt, languish in Pharaoh’s prison, interpret the king’s dreams, and eventually save his people from famine and be honored by all (Genesis 37–50). At first, Joseph and his brothers were completely ignorant of God’s will in these matters, but, every step along the way, God’s plan was made plainer.

Here is another look at God’s sovereign will in Ephesians 1:11

“In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,” (NKJV).

It describes God as the one “who works all things according to the counsel of His will,” it speaks of God’s sovereign will.

God’s sovereign will can be divided into His effectual will and His permissive will. We must do this because God does not directly “cause” everything to happen.