This past week I have been thinking about and praying about our annual summer mission trip. Due to the economy and other financial situations it is even more important than normal that I (and my wife) seek God's will about the whens, hows, wheres, and whys of Villebrook's Mission trip. This started me thinking and I realized that Seeking the Will of God is not easy so I might as well write about it. I plan to break this up into three or four or more sections so it won't be crazy long. So here we go...
Seeking God's Will: Part 1
Let's start with the basics...
What does it mean to Seek God's Will?
According to Dictionary.com, Seek is a verb which means:
- to go in search or quest of
- to try to find or discover by searching or questioning
- to try to obtain
- to make inquiry
- be sought after, to be desired or in demand
So if you chip down to the very basics/simpliest meaning, to seek God's will it to go in search of what God wants for you and your life. God wants you to inquire (ask) Him what His plan is for you. He wants you to seek Him and to desire to know Him and His plans for you.
What does the Bible has to Say about Seeking God's Will?
"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.'" Jeremiah 29:11-13
According to Jeremiah 29:11, God has a plan for us. This plan is His Will, and we will only find God's Will for us by Seeking God himself. To find God, we must "seek [Him] with all [our] hearts."
These are the basics. Now we have a foundation and basic understand of what it means to Seek God's Will. Next time, we will begin talking about How we can seek God's Will for us.
Check Out More Verses about Seeking God:
| Deut. 4:29 | Job 8:5-6 |
| Deut. 12:5 | Ps. 24:3-6 |
| 1 Chron. 22:19 | Heb. 11:6 |
2 comments:
I think that this is going to be a great series. Who doesn't need to know how to Seek God's will for their lives?
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