Are you following Jesus? #28

Have you ever heard this question? What is God's will for my life? I would say most of us who are followers of Jesus have asked that very question of ourselves. My friends the bible has already told us God's will for every follower of Jesus! All we have to do is look at His Word! He does not leave us in the dark searching. no He has given us a clear, bright light of what His will is for us! Let's check out what God's will is for every follower!



The first thing we need to remember as a follower when determining the will of God is this verse from Paul in the bible:



Galatians 2:20

20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.



Jesus lives in us! We have died to self. So to do the will of God we must remember we don't belong to our own selfish wills, we belong to Jesus to do His will! Don't forget that important point!



God's number one desire for us, His will, is for us to be that we know Him deeply and continue to go deeper in our relationship with Him. This is why He created us! This is how we do this:



*Bible study and meditation

*constant prayer

*church-to hear God's word preached, serve God and others, fellowship with other believers...all taught in the bible



Oswald Chambers said this about our walk with God:



"To be so much in contact with God that you never need to ask Him to show you His will, is to be nearing the final stage of your discipline in the life of faith."



Are you here in your walk of faith in Jesus?



The second desire for God's will for us and of utmost importance is to redeem men and women from every nation, tribe, language, and people for His glory and His honor. Look at theses verses:



Matthew 28:18-20

18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.



2 Peter 3:9

9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.





Revelation 7:9-10

9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”



Do you see the will of God for all followers here? Yes this is for me and you! Not the preachers job....you and Me!



Don't miss this point from Jesus...His first Words to the disciples:



Mark 1:17

Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”Then the last Words of Jesus to the disciples:Matthew 28:19

19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,



So you see we don't have to look for the will of God. He has made it plainly clear for us. When we do these two things, a growing relationship with God, and share the gospel with the lost, we are doing the simple will of God for our lives.



Now are you in the will of God? It's your option!



Tom