Which Way Do I Go, God?

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:16-18 ESV). Mary and I are in the midst of making many decisions that will affect our immediate and long-term future. I’ll have more to say about that as I share our situation with you in the coming days. For now, I merely want to call our attention to the need to know that God does still speak to people today. I do want to know that He has a master plan for my life. I know you do also. So, the question becomes, how do we discover it? How can we know the will of God? Which way do I go? The Bible is clear, God still speaks to people today. But let me also say that after years of walking with the Lord, I have not discovered a foolproof method for knowing the will of God under all circumstances. However, I have discovered certain principles from the Scripture that will better enable us to hear and respond to the direction of the Lord. The good news is that God does not play hide-and-seek. He wants you to hear His voice even more than you want to hear it. Now, we may not like what God is saying. However, God's will is always better than ours. Because there are times when we have difficulty understanding why God is doing certain things or why He is not doing certain things, we should come to the conviction that God’s way is always the best way. Remember that God is always looking out for your spiritual and eternal welfare, where we tend to look out for our physical and immediate welfare. What is good now is not necessarily good for eternity, and what is difficult now may be the best thing for eternity. We tend to look at things in the short-term: What will benefit me now? What is easier for me now? But God looks at eternity, and the ultimate plan of molding and shaping me into the image of Jesus Christ. I am interested primarily in the physical, while God is interested in the spiritual. Today, God primarily speaks to us through His Word. The Bible is the clear revelation by which we must measure all so-called human revelations. The only way we will be conversant with the Scripture, however, is by spending time in it in on a daily basis. God has given us His Word, but we must look for His will. As you apply the principles of Scripture to your life, pray and ask the Lord to lead you. Nothing is too insignificant or too minute to pray about. As the Jewish proverb says, it is better to ask the way ten times than to take the wrong road once.