On God's Side

01/31/22 • 1 min

Do you struggle to wonder what God’s will is for your life?

Many of us do.

Although it isn’t a quick answer, the best way to find God’s will for your life is to read His Word. The Bible will tell you the answer to that question.

Romans 8:31 tells us, “If God is for us, who can be against us?”

Actually, finding God’s will isn’t the hardest part. Deciding to follow His will is where we get tripped up.

People need the skill and discipline of being persistent. Too often the impulse is to give up and then, if we’re honest, pretend that God hasn’t revealed His will to us.

Good old Abe Lincoln had it right when he said that the only important response is to make sure we are on God’s side, not whether He’s on ours.

God has already told us that He’s on our side. He sent His Son, Jesus, to take the penalty for our sin. It doesn’t get any more “on our side” than that.

Change your thinking a bit. Don’t focus on what you think God is supposed to do.

Resolve instead to follow God, and do it every day.

Let’s pray.

Lord, your will is the thing that drives us on, to find our purpose in life. Thank you for sticking with us. Help us to stick with you. Amen.

Do you struggle to wonder what God’s will is for your life?

Many of us do.

Although it isn’t a quick answer, the best way to find God’s will for your life is to read His Word. The Bible will tell you the answer to that question.

Romans 8:31 tells us, “If God is for us, who can be against us?”

Actually, finding God’s will isn’t the hardest part. Deciding to follow His will is where we get tripped up.

People need the skill and discipline of being persistent. Too often the impulse is to give up and then, if we’re honest, pretend that God hasn’t revealed His will to us.

Good old Abe Lincoln had it right when he said that the only important response is to make sure we are on God’s side, not whether He’s on ours.

God has already told us that He’s on our side. He sent His Son, Jesus, to take the penalty for our sin. It doesn’t get any more “on our side” than that.

Change your thinking a bit. Don’t focus on what you think God is supposed to do.

Resolve instead to follow God, and do it every day.

Let’s pray.

Lord, your will is the thing that drives us on, to find our purpose in life. Thank you for sticking with us. Help us to stick with you. Amen.

Previous Episode

Boundless Trust

The Bible is full of what we can call difficult stories. Some of them don’t make a lot of sense at first. Others seem contrary to what we think should happen.

As we finish up our time this week by talking about Walking By Faith, one such story is breathtaking if we follow it through.

It involves a father trusting God more than his own instincts.

2 Corinthians 5:7 says, “For we live by faith, not by sight.”

In Genesis, we read about Abraham being instructed by the Lord to offer his young son Isaac as a sacrifice.

What?!! Nothing could be more repulsive! Telling a man to kill his son? Why?

Well, we gain a different perspective when we trust God to the end of this story.

Climbing a high mountain, Abraham intends to obey God all the way. As he raises a knife over Isaac, God stops him.

God’s compassion hadn’t taken a vacation. He taught Abraham an important lesson about obeying Him no matter what. In fact, Abraham and Isaac would go on to become two of the greatest men of all time.

Learn to trust God — even if you don’t understand.

Let’s pray. Lord, your ways are mysterious to us, but you always want the best for us. Teach us always to trust you. Amen.

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The Reading of the Will

Have you ever known someone who inherited something of great value from an obscure relative? It happens.

The will is read by an attorney and all of a sudden, the beneficiary goes from struggling to pay the rent to needing a financial planner. It can be an exciting time, even disorienting.

The only downside to receiving a large inheritance is the knowledge that someday it will run out, or you die and can’t take it with you. That’s why the Bible’s revelations about eternal riches are so much more important.

Genesis 31:14 says, “Rachel and Leah said to him, ‘Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?’”

Let’s think of this as a parable. A man took the place of another and was executed.

He was no ordinary man, though. Only a few days after His death, the will was read.

He left it all to you!

Jesus Christ died for our sins and took the penalty for them so that we don’t have to. That is what the Gospel is, the Good News that we have riches in Christ, and they last forever.

Let’s pray.

Lord, your precious gift for each of us is something we did nothing to earn. You simply decided to put us in your will. We thank you forever for your grace and mercy. Amen.