The Center of God's Will

In my ongoing conversations with several people about seeking God’s will, it would seem many people today are making decisions without a passing thought of seeking God. They think that as long as they do not lie, steal, kill, or commit adultery they are in the will of God. Not necessarily so! Using that logic, they proceed to make other important life decisions based on common sense…or sometimes even less: “I felt it was right.” “My friends are doing it.” “My world calls this success.” When we leave God out of these decisions we are not really walking by faith. At best we are on the edge of God’s will, not in the center. Instead of tapping into God’s great resources of wisdom, we rely on human ideas. Some have told me that God leaves the minor decisions up to us. Isn’t it silly to think that the God who gave his own Son as a sacrifice for us doesn’t also care about the details of our lives? I believe a Spirit-filled believer will pray earnestly until he finds God’s will for the big things in our lives (finding a spouse, changing jobs, dealing with children, moving, buying a home, etc.) as well as the small things (what clothes to wear, what games to play with the kids, what car to buy, what TV programs to watch).