Knowing the Will of God

Sunday morning Ps Simon headed out the Kingaroy Church to preach so it was Paul Marsman’s turn to share a message with us! He titled it ‘Knowing the Will of God’ and read from Romans 12:1-2 with most of the message focused on verse 2

Romans 12:2 - And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

He spoke firstly about our minds needing to be transformed before we can perform the will of God (which you can see in the above verse). And also that to do the will of God it must be premeditated, as in we need to have thought about what we are going to do and whether it is the will of God and why.

The next part of his message focused on the fact the God has given us free will to make choices so we are not just robots doing God’s will rather we can show Him how much we love Him by choosing to do His will. So it’s important to sit down with your bible (God’s Word) and read, study and pray over what God has written in this book as His will. For example we have the 10 commandments which are set out in the bible and show us some of God’s will in our lives. We need to search the word for more of God’s will as well.

His final point was to explain that we cannot say whether we are in or out of the will of God based on our circumstances in our lives. Whether things are going good or bad in our lives does not show whether you are in the will of God. Job is a great example of this, he had terrible things happen to him but he was still doing the will of God. Just because things are going great for you, doesn’t mean you are in the will of God, doesn’t mean you’re not too!

Read the Word, pray and know God because he will direct you and keep you within His will. Paul likened this to a relationship with your husband, wife or partner. To know them you must spend time with them, pray with them and talk to them.

Knowing God is knowing His will for you!

He finished off by reading the first verse of Romans which tells us to present ourselves as living sacrifices. This is also how you will know the will of God!

Head over to http://www.palmwoodsbaptistchurch.com.au/ for a listen!