doing the Father’s Will
by Victoria Thornton - FindingGodsWill.com
God has created every single individual special in His sight. And each of us is to radiate and to bring forth a particular aspect of God himself.
Whatever God wants us to be He gives us different ability to function and to bring Him glory. Therefore the one with great intellectual ability cannot boast because that ability also came from God. The one with great skill and talent in music or in art cannot boast because that ability came from God as a result of God's destiny in their life. God has a plan for each one of us to bring forth certain talent and gifts in our life. It is God who chooses us first. And then He has a destiny in our life. Based on that destiny and His will He gives us the talents, the gifts and the ability.
So it is not the other way around. It is not His gifts, His talents and His impartation in your life that determine His will for you. It's His will and because of His will He imparts these gifts and talents and then you function in them.
Sometimes we do the reverse. Many people don't know what God's will is for their lives.
However knowing their talents, gifts and abilities that God has given them, they start from there to discover His will. We work backwards. But we need to remember that God's will is not based on the gifts and the talents but rather the gifts and talents are based on the will of God.
Now the point that we want to bring forth here is the uniqueness of the plan that God has in your life. He plans for each one of us to bring forth different aspects of His gifts and glory. So to that end some of us are eyes, some are hands, some are legs and in the end all of us bring forth the beauty of uniqueness of who and what God plans us to be.
In the bible we find records of people who fail to meet up or match up with what God wants them to do. Although God plans, we still have a free will. That's where we need to be very careful to flow with the unique plan that God has for our lives. You can make a choice in your life but make sure that the choices are more and more into the perfect plan of God in your special life. Each one of you is special to God.
The will of God is not pictured as a set of instructions given to you to act on. The will of God is a seed. And because the will of God is a seed the secret of doing God's will is first being where God wants you to be and letting that being flow out from your life.
Many people struggle wondering what the Will of God is for their lives. They emphasize the doing but the will of God is not just the doing; but is the becoming.
How do you make sure that you are perfectly doing God's will in 5 years time? It is in just doing and being whatever God wants you to be and do now. What does God wants you to do today that you know is right?
The will is not so much doing one step at a time but becoming one step at a time. We have to faithfully know and discern what is the right thing that we should do right now. If it's to pray, then pray. If it's to worship, then worship. If it's being in a certain fellowship be there. And as we are faithful in becoming whatever and wherever God wants us to be, the will of God will become in our life. Not the doing but the becoming.
Because whatever you become you will be able to do. You can't help doing what you are. So when you become the right thing you will be able to do the right thing.
Lets look at the will of God for David. Now David was just a shepherd boy.
Now David was just a shepherd boy. If he neglected his flock while a shepherd-boy, he will surely neglect Israel, his real flock when he becomes the shepherd-king. But If we are faithful to be, to do whatever God wants us to be and do today in our life, you will become whatever God wants you to become.
Regarding the Will of God for your life, here are a few pointers to remember.
1-The will of God is a seed in proportion to our faith. You cannot please God in any area without faith which explains why people who get into the Word and get into the prayer tend to get into God's will more. It is a common factor in whatever gifts or whatever calling, whatever talent you have whether it's a call in music or a call to fivefold ministry the faith must be there. And it's the growth of faith that determines the gifting in our life.
Rom. 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind.
No. 2 the becoming process is a mental process. It's a mental process of having our minds renewed in God. If our mind is filled with junk we are hindered from becoming whatever God wants us to be. You can have the best talents the best gifts but you can never enter into God's perfect will if your mind is not renewed. When God freed the Israelites from Egypt because Egypt was still in their minds they missed God's will.
No. 3 It is in proportion to the transformation of glory in your life.
2Co 3:17-18, Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Each one of us carries a measure of God's glory and presence. We all receive proportional measure of glory. If that glory is increased in our life we are more enabled to become whatever God wants us to become.
And it's important for us to seek after the glory and the presence of God in our life. We’ve all experienced God's presence but we need to hunger even more for God's presence. We also need to desire for more of His glory. And it's important for us to seek after the glory and the presence of God in our life.
In sum, finding God's Will for your life it's about if you are doing or becoming what God wants you to be or become now. It is about the being more than the doing. It's about becoming the person He designed to be because if you become who He that person, doing His will become easier.
Regarding walking out God's will remember these three pointers:
1-The will of God is a seed and is proportion to your faith.
2-It has much to do with transforming your mind to become so you can do His Will.
3-And you'll walk more in His will if you express more of His glory.
