Chaplain’s Column: How To Learn God's Will
For Your Life
Have you ever
wanted to know what God’s will is for your life? Many times we may wonder what
to pray for or in our decision making, we may wonder whether a particular
choice is God’s will. How about the question as to whether we are being an
effective witness for Christ.
Because our
heavenly Father wants us to know these distinctions, He has provided the Holy
Spirit to instruct and guide us. God’s Spirit discerns perfectly because He
knows everything that the Father and Son know (John 16:13).
Just as it
takes time and perseverance to develop strong physical muscles, acquiring
discernment requires persistence and patient submission to the teaching of the
Spirit. But this is our Father’s desire for us. Why would we want anything
less?
Having
spiritual discernment is the ability to look at things from the Lord’s
viewpoint. In having this spiritual discernment we can begin to see the
difference between error and truth. We can then see the difference in what is
good and what God sees as best. We can also see what is God’s will in our lives
and what is man’s will.
But as we
mature in the knowledge and wisdom of the Lord, we will be able to pray
confidently to perceive God’s will and to share our faith. It is the
responsibility of the Holy Spirit to help us. He will guide us into all truth.
We should be willing to cooperate with the Spirit and learn from Him (John
14:25-27; 16:5-15), to study the Word of God (Heb. 4:12-13), and to put into
practice what is revealed to us.
In order to
get down this spiritual road of discernment we must walk closer and
closer with God in our prayer life and listen to His still small voice give us
direction in our lives.
Please pray for all the Dragoons and their families who are ill and in need of the Lord's healing touch and comfort. Also we Thank God for the final court decisions in Selma. the following:
Yours In Christ
Tom
Snowden, Chaplain
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