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Glory · Suffering & God's Will
God's will is first and foremost revealed: in Scripture, in Christ, and through the Spirit. For daily decisions He guides through His Word, wisdom, godly counsel, prayer, and open doors, and He promises to make the path plain to those who trust and acknowledge Him.
https://glorystudy.com/questions/how-do-i-know-gods-will · Scripture quoted from the World English Bible
Psalm 119:105-112
As you read: God's word is the sure light on the path: start with what He has already said.
105Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
107I am afflicted very much. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your word.
108Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.
109My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.
110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
111I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
112I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.
Romans 12:1-2
As you read: Be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove the will of God.
1Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
2Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Proverbs 3:5-8
As you read: In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
5Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
6In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
7Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
8It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
James 1:5-8
As you read: If any lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives generously and without reproach.
5But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
6But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
7For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.
8He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
Your word is 'a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.' The Scriptures 'are able to make you wise for salvation' and make us 'thoroughly equipped for every good work.' What God has already said is the sure foundation for knowing what He wants; 'the secret things belong to Yahweh our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us.'
“Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.”Psalm 119:105
“Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”2 Timothy 3:16-17
“The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.”Deuteronomy 29:29
'This is the will of God: your sanctification.' Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances: 'for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.' Much of what we call guidance is simply obedience to what God has already plainly commanded.
“For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,”1 Thessalonians 4:3
“Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.”1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
“For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:”1 Peter 2:15
Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, 'that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.' The mind renewed by the Spirit and the Word is the mind that learns to sense God's direction.
“Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.”Romans 12:2
“What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.”Psalm 25:12
“For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,”Colossians 1:9
'If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.' Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
“But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.”James 1:5
“Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”Proverbs 3:5-6
“Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.”Proverbs 16:3
God leads those who are walking, not those paralyzed by the fear of choosing wrong: 'Your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, This is the way, walk in it.' He guides with His eye upon us, step by step, as we follow Him. If the Lord wills, you will do this or that.
“and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.””Isaiah 30:21
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.”Psalm 32:8
“For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.””James 4:15
“If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.”Galatians 5:25