In Touch Daily Devotional
by Dr. Charles Stanley
April 11, 2008 - God's Will: The Great Discovery - Jeremiah 29:11 Welcome to the In Touch Devotional.
The Lord has a plan for your life. He has a perfect will and a specific course in mind for you. Some believers are frightened of God's will. The idea of a divine plan isn't attractive, because it requires a great deal of trust and faith in the Father.
We're usually quick to trust God with someone else's needs. But, we're often slow to trust Him with ours. To make things more confusing, some people misunderstand what the Lord's will actually is.
Some believe it's a special bit of knowledge that He imparts only to super-spiritual people. Others think, it's simply His call to do something dangerous, painful, or uncomfortable. Too often, God's will is seen as something we have to do, whether we want to or not.
God's will isn't something to fear. It's meant to give us clarity of purpose and power to live a life of many blessings. It provides us with direction at every turn. It gives us answers to important questions. In a time, where even our cars can get real-time, turn-by-turn directions from satellites in space, some people resist that kind of guidance for their lives.
Most likely, it's because we want some advice about how to proceed but prefer to do the driving ourselves. We may let God suggest where we should go, but we want to be the ones holding the steering wheel. God knows where you're going and how to get you there safely. Don't trust Him with just the final destination. Let Him guide each step of the journey.
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