Discovering YOU Magazine September 2022 Issue | Page 42

SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH

FINDING GOD’S WILL IN LIFE

Article by Pastor Philip Nissley,

New Hope Assembly of God, Taylor, MI

With all the questions we have about life on a daily basis, Psalm 139:1-3, 16-18, 23- 24 are valuable readings because they are God’s Word to us! In “Discovering You”, it’s important to know that God has higher thoughts for you than you have! God says in Jer. 29:11, “I know the destiny that I have for YOU, declares the Lord, plans for welfare, not for calamity to give you a future and hope”. In “Discovering You”, God’s Will in Life must become your greatest goal!

I.THIS DESTINY IS REALIZED AS WE SEEK GOD’S HIGHER WAYS and THOUGHTS (See Isa. 55:6, 8-9, 11)

A.No matter what your past has been, your present is to live the Lord’s PURPOSE! You may have asked: Whom does God want me to marry? Where does He want me to live? Where does He want me to work or to do for a living? What kind of ministry can I do that would please Him? The answer is NOT found in opening the Bible up at random or trusting hunches or circumstances. The

Apostle Paul is a Bible example of how to find your destiny in God. He asked two important questions when he met the Lord Jesus on the way to Damascus in Acts 9:5: "Who are you, Lord?" and “Lord, what do you want me to do? " These are the two vital questions that we must ask in our lives in order to fulfill our destiny. God made Paul’s destiny clear, and he can do that for you. In Acts 9:6 we read “Then the Lord said to him, ‘Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.’” When God guides us and speaks, knowing our destiny we must do what Phil. 3:12 says but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me."

B.No matter how misdirected you may feel, God now wants to now DIRECT you by his presence and power! God had thoughts for you before you were born again! When you become a child of God and transformed, you gained new priorities and direction in life and must press on to find out the full plan of God for your life and pursue that plan with