Liberty United BaptistChurch Galatians 5:1 …be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage
How do I know God’s Will?
Salvation. Unless you have been saved by the grace of God, you are not in God’s will for your life. 2 Peter 3:9, it is not God’s Will for you to die and go to hell. You will never know what you are supposed to be doing for God until you get saved.
Sinfulness or Rebellion keeps you from the will of God. A Christian can get their life in a mess and we are all rebellious by nature. You need to repent of any sin or stubbornness that keeps you from moving forward with God. As long as you hang on to sin and rebellion you will not be in the Will of God. I Sam. 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. I want to point out to you the word idolatry that God uses here in this verse. This word means an idol used in a family household shrine. I believe stubbornness starts in families and hinders progress. In the passage read how King Saul’s stubbornness hindered a few things in his own family. God takes this serious and we all deal with it in our lives and need God’s grace to help us.
Submissive before God. James 4:6 tells us God resist pride but gives grace to the humble. James 4:10says we are to humble ourselves before God and He will lift is up. 1 Peter 5:6 also says we are to humble ourselves before God. If you have an issue being submissive to authority then you have an issue being submissive to God. All of us are under authority of someone else in some form or fashion. Read Phil. 2:7, Jesus made Himself of no reputation and became a servant. Are you a submissive Christian? Ask God to show you and don’t trust your own heart because our hearts are deceitful and as human beings we are real good at justifying wrong actions to sooth are minds and shut out God. Read Jeremiah 17:9.
Scriptures. Do you search the scriptures, seek out counsel from the scriptures, and look to God to speak to you through the scriptures? God never, and I mean this strongly, God never, does anything contrary to the scriptures. Read Hebrews 1:1, 2. This scripture clearly says that God spoke in various ways and methods in times past to the prophets but verse 2 says He has spoken to unto us by his Son (Jesus Christ). John 1:14, the Word was made flesh. Jesus is the Word. We have 66 Books of the Bible and God has spoken to mankind through the Word. Read the Bible, ask God to show you and He will help you, attend church and God will speak to you through the preached Word and give you answers. Quit looking to traditions and old fables and get into the Bible. Listen to the still small voice of God in the scriptures. Psalm 119:105 Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. We walk in a dark world that gets cloudy, God says His Word lights the path for your feet and shows you the path.
Surrender. If you are saved, have asked God to cleanse you of any sin or rebellion that may be holding you up from moving forward. Have submitted yourself in humility and have sought instruction from the scriptures, God will get you to a place of decision. I call this surrender to do the Will of God. Prov. 23:26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. I Chronicles 29:5 …..And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?
Look at different people in the Bible who walked in the perfect will of God and you will find they faced opposition, persecution, ridicule, and resistance on every hand. Jesus is the ultimate example and look at what He faced on this earth and Jesus walked perfectly in the will of His Father. God loves you and will help you.
In Jesus Name,
Bro. Kevin