It’s popular to think that people don’t know God’s will for their lives and that it must be sought after over the years commingling itself with increased age and maturity.
Those aged who pride themselves in their self effort in gaining maturity through experience often confuse their experiences with that of God’s will that is easily known.
Sometimes, pastors and teachers will tell others that God revealed his mysterious will in divine intervention and so stun the crowd with bizarre and seemingly supernatural revealing of His will for their individual lives such as a miraculous free hotdog when a wallet is lost or a miraculous acceptance letter from a university or a new job that lined up perfectly (in all these supposed interventions it’s best to remain aware that obeying the Holy Law involves planting seeds that yield a harvest and that God’s will is spiritual for us and was once also physical for Israelites).
The little drama and at first boring truth is that God’s will for each of us has been written already and we should first read His words instead of wish for a light from heaven or supernatural feather to float by as circumstantial evidence that appears separate from the word of God.
There is no lifelong journey to discover God’s will apart from studying his words and many tell themselves that the unknown outcome is in God’s hands…so, they take blind steps toward their own agenda while remaining ignorant of God’s will.
God’s will was once mysterious, but has been made known. (Ephesians 1:9)
God’s will is in Jesus Christ and people being in him. (Colossians 1:27-28)
When we trust the gospel that saves today, we have already done half of God’s will.
The other half is coming to the knowledge of the truth, which is the actual lifelong process. (2 Timothy 2:15)
Part of coming to the knowledge of the truth is to give thanks in everything. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
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