Can You Get out of God's Will??

Application "Monday" on TUESDAY TODAY!

This is some discussion that we had as a group last night.

My question was: "How do I know that I am in God's will? How do I know that I am doing what God wants me to do. Should I teach? How do I know that I should???

Eddie says: 'Is God's will a dot or a football field?"

I said: "I wish that it were a dot..."

My brothers and sisters in Christ gave me excellent advice about how I know if what I am doing is right. How does one battle the desires of the flesh, and how does one know that desire of God for our lives? How do we know... by prayer and reading!!!

This drawing was placed on the board taken from the John Piper book:

"The Pleasures of God"

and this is how it is explained:

This drawing demonstrates that God has an end. And We are awimming in the River, no matter how much we may bump the river bank, we cannot get out God's perfect will, he does not allow that. Eddie used the description as blasphemy being something that would be not allowed for us to do because it is the unpardonable sin.

So... I guess that throughout life whether we are teachers, students, waitresses, CEO's or whatever, we can serve God and his purposes, and we can be examples and Godly in our jobs. We rest assure that God will keep us in the river current.

So, last night I learned:

We should:

• Never limit What God can do
• Seek his will through fasting and prayer
• Stay in his word for direction
• Accept correction
• Rest assured that God is in control
• Never put God in a box
• We should never worry about tomorrow

Jeremiah 29:11-14 says:

For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for wholeness, and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come to pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and fine me. When you seek me with all of your heart.

Something also to consider:

When a person is saved, sanctified, submissive, Suffering, and thankful, he is already in God's will. David tells us when we are what God wants us to be, He is in control, and our will is merged with His will, and He therefore gives us the desires He has planted in our hearts. Jesus is our supreme example. He always functioned by the divine principles established by the Father.

Psalm 37:4

Hmm..... something to think about huh??