How Do I Know God Wants Me To Do It?

Have you ever had that question?  Sometimes the answer is easy, God has been directing you in a specific direction, He is whispering in your ear and you feel His constant compelling to follow a direction.  But other times the direction is less direct.


And did you know that even the devil may direct us to do some good things?  Because He had rather have you doing good things that have no value than doing God's will.  It is amazing how many times the devil uses doing good works or even church work to distract us for doing God's will.


So then how do we know for sure what God wants us to do.  I'm not an expert on this but here are some of my thoughts. 


1) God wants the very best for you!  He never wants you in want of fellowship from Him and from other Christians.  Now that fellowship can be physical, being in the same place with them or it may be viral where you are talking be it over the internet or the phone and getting that good encouragement and uplifting that you need.


2) God doesn't guilt you into things.  He wants you to do things because of how you love Him, not because you feel guilty.  Now the devil loves guilt, he uses it to make Christians feel they must earn their way to God or to keep them in situations where they are not allowed to grow and be all that God wants them to be.


3) It will never go against God's work or the Holy Spirit.  Some things in the Bible aren't spelled out but if we study God can reveal them to us.  But if what is revealed can't be backed up with the Bible it's just an opinion.  The devil is good at using this one too.  He will tell you 'if the Lord wants you to have the best and this is what you know is best, then God must want you to have it/ do it.  Be very careful on that one.


It is important that we all have good, Godly men and women we can trust to help us and counsel us when we need to make decisions but the ultimate guide is what God says.  Call out to Him and tell Him why you are confused, and remember that God is not the author of confusion.  Ask Him to reveal His will and understand that He may reveal the direction but that doesn't mean He has to reveal details.  We must trust, we must have faith.    The Christian life is one of faith walking. We often sing about Living By Faith but we want to Live By Knowing, we want God to reveal the entire plan and if He doesn't we may begin to fill in the details ourselves.


God will direct you, but you must trust and obey His direction, in faith, trusting that He does all things well and whatever your situation is will be no exception.