"Teach me to do Your will...." (Psalm 143:10a)
Notice it is not, "Teach me to know Your will."
I can say that over the years that our Lord Jesus has "taught" me to, "....do [His] will." From my perspective, it seems as though the best way to "learn" His will is to do it. "Thy will be done." Jesus does the will of Father. Our part is to step out praying, "Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done...." We can pray, "Thy will be done..," in our "closets," but will never participate in His will until we get out of the closet. Don Basham once said, "You can't steer a ship until it's moving."
Most tend to put too much emphasis on "knowing the will of God." It is kind of like Peter sitting in the boat and demanding some guarantee from Jesus that he will be, indeed, able to walk on water. The only way Peter would ever have known he could walk on water, that it was Jesus' "will for his life," was to, that's right, walk on water. As Nike says it, "Just do it."
What "guarantees" are you waiting for today? "Well, if I do that, how do I know it's the will of God." If you don't do it, you'll never know.
Father, in Jesus' Name, I continue to pray, "Teach me to do Your will." Amen.
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I would encourage those who do not have Facebook to get it for at least one reason: That is how I send some photos and updates on the DC Mission.
Notice it is not, "Teach me to know Your will."
I can say that over the years that our Lord Jesus has "taught" me to, "....do [His] will." From my perspective, it seems as though the best way to "learn" His will is to do it. "Thy will be done." Jesus does the will of Father. Our part is to step out praying, "Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done...." We can pray, "Thy will be done..," in our "closets," but will never participate in His will until we get out of the closet. Don Basham once said, "You can't steer a ship until it's moving."
Most tend to put too much emphasis on "knowing the will of God." It is kind of like Peter sitting in the boat and demanding some guarantee from Jesus that he will be, indeed, able to walk on water. The only way Peter would ever have known he could walk on water, that it was Jesus' "will for his life," was to, that's right, walk on water. As Nike says it, "Just do it."
What "guarantees" are you waiting for today? "Well, if I do that, how do I know it's the will of God." If you don't do it, you'll never know.
Father, in Jesus' Name, I continue to pray, "Teach me to do Your will." Amen.
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I would encourage those who do not have Facebook to get it for at least one reason: That is how I send some photos and updates on the DC Mission.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
