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In all wisdom and insight He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in [Jesus Christ].
\n\u2013Ephesians 1:8\u20139<\/p><\/blockquote>\nWhen we talk about the will of God, what do we mean? The Bible uses the phrase \u201cthe will of God\u201d in three distinct ways.<\/p>\n
Sometimes \u201cthe will of God\u201d refers to God\u2019s providential will\u2013the secret plan by which He governs everything that happens in the universe. Some people believe God has a perfect will and a permissive will. They say God\u2019s perfect will is what He wishes would happen, and His permissive will is what actually happens when we mess up His perfect plan. But do you believe God is so impotent He can\u2019t achieve His purpose? No, the Bible says God has one plan that was formulated before the foundation of the world. And Paul said in Ephesians 1:9 that, for the most part, God\u2019s plan is a mystery. It\u2019s in the mind of God. Deuteronomy 29:29 says, \u201cThe secret things belong to the\u00a0Lord\u00a0our God.\u201d That\u2019s God\u2019s providential plan.<\/p>\n
On the other end of the spectrum is God\u2019s preceptive will, the part of God\u2019s will we can clearly understand from the precepts in Scripture. Do you realize that most of what we need to know about God\u2019s will has been revealed in the Bible? For example, let\u2019s say you\u2019ve been praying for a mate, and God has brought the perfect person into your life\u2013but he or she is not a Christian. Is it God\u2019s will for you to marry that person? No. The Bible says, \u201cDo not be bound together with unbelievers\u201d (2 Corinthians 6:14). It is never God\u2019s will for you to marry an unbeliever\u2013He\u2019s already revealed that in His Word. God\u2019s preceptive will is the part of God\u2019s will that has been defined in Scripture.<\/p>\n
Finally, when we talk about discovering God\u2019s will, we\u2019re usually talking about God\u2019s plan for our personal lives. Does God really have a blueprint that governs every part of your life? Look at Psalm 139:13\u201414: \u201cYou formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother\u2019s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well.\u201d When you were in your mother\u2019s womb, God wove you into the person you are\u2013the color of your hair, the color of your eyes, your emotional makeup. Everything about you was according to God\u2019s plan. Just think about all the details God had to orchestrate to get your father and mother together at the right time in order to produce your unique DNA code. God has a blueprint for our lives, and that ought to give us great assurance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In all wisdom and insight He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in [Jesus Christ]. \u2013Ephesians 1:8\u20139 When we talk about the will of God, what do we mean? The Bible uses the phrase \u201cthe will of God\u201d in three distinct ways. Sometimes … Continue reading ““Pathway to Victory Devotion””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182724"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182752,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182724\/revisions\/182752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}