Discovering GOD's Will

There a Three arenas of God’s will that we as believers need discover. They are as follows;

Individual will ~ This is the specific purpose for which God has created each of us.

Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,

And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.” - Jer. 1:4,5

Corporate will ~ As believers it is the will of God that we unify ourselves for the purpose of sharing His love.

I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. - John 17:23

Ultimate will ~In the grand scheme of our existence, God was fully aware that we would forsake Him therefore He set in order a divine plan which would redeem us to himself.

He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him. - Eph. 1:5-9

With the knowledge we have of God’s Corporate & Ultimate will the only part left to discover is His will for our individual lives. According to George Müller (1805-1898), an English evangelist and philanthropist, discovering God’s will for our lives is a daily undertaking that should be relished by every believer. We will conclude this lesson by examining an excerpts from Müller’s essay “How to Ascertain the Will of God”:

I seek at the beginning to get my heart into such a state that it has no will of its own in regard to a given matter. Nine-tenths of the trouble with people generally is just here. Nine-tenths of the difficulties are over come when our hearts are ready to do the Lord's will, whatever it may be. When one is truly in this state, it is usually but a little way to the knowledge of what His will is.

Having done this, I do not leave the result to feeling or simple impression. If so, I make myself liable to great delusions.

I seek the Will of the Spirit of God through, or in connection with, the Word of God. The Spirit and the Word must be combined. If I look to the Spirit alone without the Word, I lay myself open to great delusions also. If the Holy Ghost guides us at all, He will do it according to the Scriptures and never contrary to them.

Next I take into account providential circumstances. These often plainly indicate God's Will in connection with His Word and Spirit.

I ask God in prayer to reveal His Will to me.

Thus, through prayer to God, the study of the Word, and reflection, I come to a deliberate judgment according to the best of my ability and knowledge, and if my mind is thus at peace, and continues so after two or three more petitions, I proceed accordingly. In trivial matters, and in transactions involving most important issues, I have found this method always effective.