God's Will

“Father, what now?” I asked quietly in the quiet of my bedroom. 

Silence.

No voice, no clap of thunder, no inspirational Bible text.

I waited.

That evening, talking to my mother, I reflected as I had many times before of the blessing of having godly parents. I firmly believe that God has spoken through them more times than I can count. “Move forward with prayer,” she said, “and know that God will open and close doors as He sees fit.”

At some points during my life, I’ve believed that God had only one specific plan for your life and that if you missed that plan it was too bad for you. I still believe that, but with a different twist. 

You see, I thought that God had one occupation, one place to live, one church you were supposed to go to, one outreach opportunity in which you should flourish. (I am not sure where I got this idea because it wasn’t necessarily from my parents!) 

When people talked about “knowing God’s will” it was vaguely unnerving. What if I missed it? What then? Was I rushing down God’s emergency back-up plan for people-who-fail-to-figure-it-out?

I sat in my bedroom a few weeks after returning from my year overseas and contemplated my next steps. Opportunities swirled dizzily around me. Which one is God’s will?

“Move forward with prayer and know that God will open and close doors as He sees fit.”

No voice, no clap of thunder, no inspirational Bible text. Yet now I know. God does only have one specific plan for your life:

It is to reflect Him.

If we miss this, we will have missed God’s will.

Its not where you live, your church, your occupation but who you are as a reflection of Him. If we wholly desire to be a reflection of Him our church, our occupation, and where we live will reflect Him as well.And that is God’s will for your life. 

“Delight thyself also in the Lord, and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord, trust also in Him; and he shall bring it to pass. And He shall bring forth they righteousness as the light.” Psalm 37:4-6