Good Morning Friends,
“We instructed you how to live to please God,
as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do
this more and more. You know what instructions we gave you by the authority of
the Lord Jesus. It is God’s will that you be sanctified: that you should avoid
sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a
way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do
not know God; and that in this matter no one should wrong his brother or take
advantage of him. The Lord will punish men for all such sins. God did not call
us to be impure, but to live a holy life. He who rejects this instruction does
not reject man but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.” (1 Thessalonians 4:1-8)
Christians long to know God’s will for our
lives. We frequently ask: How can I find God’s will? We seek God’s will for
marriage, for career, for spending money, and in myriads of other decisions. We
should long to do what pleases God. What pleases God will always be what is
best for our lives, too.
God’s will is not always hard to discern. God
has clearly revealed His will in some matters. Paul writes “it is God’s will
that you should be sanctified.” That is clear and straightforward. Paul
explains what it means to be sanctified: to avoid sexual immorality and use our
bodies in holy and honorable ways.
Seek God’s will for your life where it is
unclear. While you do, follow His will where He has revealed it. Sometimes I
wonder why God would reveal any more of His will when we ignore the parts of it
that He has revealed so clearly.
His, by Grace, Steve
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