Knowing the Will of God

September 28, 2015

Knowing the Will of God

“Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?”

Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God . . . A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor . . . The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”

Matthew 22:36-40

How can you know the will of God for your life? It must be supremely difficult to know God’s will for your life because Amazon has 654,760 results for "will of god." I suspect Jesus gets a chuckle out of that! I do agree that the nuances of God’s will may be fleeting at times, such as when you are trying to discern whether your efforts to help someone is actually more enabling of their bad choices. But on the whole, the words of our Master are quite clear; “The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”

If we develop the inward spiritual discipline to pause before we speak, or act, or begin even the tiniest formation of a response to a situation, we will be far along on our path of seeking the life in Christ as our way of life. During this pause we need only ask ourselves two questions:

Is what I am feeling or thinking an indication of the love I want to have for God?

Is what I am feeling or thinking an indication of the love Jesus wants me to have for my neighbor?

Mother Teresa spoke of seeing Jesus “in distressing disguise” in the figures of the poor and sick around her. The spiritual discipline of pausing before we speak or act will help us to see His image in those we encounter.    

Take my will, and make it Thine; it shall be no longer mine.

Take my heart, it is Thine own; it shall be Thy royal throne.

Take my love, my Lord, I pour at Thy feet its treasure store.

Take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for Thee.

Take My Life And Let It Be

Frances R. Havergal

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.