Study 8B..The Holy Spirit is gentle and He will not force anyone against his or her will. The Most High wanted to be the king over the Israelites but the people saw how other nations had kings and desired a king for themselves (1 Samuel 8:1- end)
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Study 9B...Perfect will,God's will
Psalm143:10.
The perfect will of God is God’s divine plan for your life. This is what He has divinely arranged – the kind of man or woman to marry, career, ministry, and so on. The permissive will of God is what He permits. A point to note is that the fact that He permits something does not mean it is His will. For instance, if God wants a person to get married at the age of 30, He knows the exact reason why. If the person is obedient and waits for God’s timing, he will receive all the blessings God has for him. Suppose when the person reaches the age of 25 he finds a woman and decides to marry her. It will not be God’s perfect will. If the person continues to pray about it over and over, God will give him a go –ahead. But it will be God’s permissive will. He will still bless them but they will not enjoy the full blessings that come with His perfect will.
4 . It indicates the conditions to be met if we are to know and do His will .
What are these conditions? Are they complicated? Notice three things:-
(1) We must have a teachable attitude. Notice how David prays, ““Teach me to do your will””. He obviously had a child-like spirit and acknowledges his need to be taught (Jeremiah 10:23; Matthew 18:3-4).
(2) We must have an intense desire to know God’’s will. David’s prayer reveals this, and the Bible is full of specific promises to stimulate our desire –- look up Psalm 37:5; Proverbs 3:6; Proverbs 16:3 and James 1:5. Have you an intense desire to know God’’s will?
(3) We must have a willingness to do His will whatever it involves. David prayed, ““Teach me to
do your will””, not only to know it but to do it; and when we pray this prayer we must have that willingness, whether it seems to us pleasing or painful and whether it harmonises with what we would like or with something that we had not expected at all –- look up John 7:17.
5 . It provokes the question: How does the Lord teach us His will ?
The answer to this practical question is very clear. He does it in three ways:-
(1) By the teaching of His Word. In the Bible we have a declaration of God’’s will in general terms. Most of the guidance God gives in His Word is through certain clearly stated principles, and we can learn immediately from the Bible the answer to the following questions: Will it glorify God? Will it honour the Holy Spirit? Does it conflict with any clear command? We must be careful not to use the Bible as a magic book. God guides us by the teaching of His Word, where He reveals His will in general terms. But there are some occasions when we need not general guidance but particular guidance. How does He guide then?
(2) By the promptings of His Spirit. In Psalm 143 the work of the Holy Spirit is especially referred to in verse 10 –- look up and compare Romans 8:14. When God requires us to take a certain step He leads us according to the principles of His Word and the burden which the Holy Spirit places on our hearts. No ‘’supposed’’ guidance of the Holy Spirit is really the Holy Spirit’s guidance if it is contrary to the clear teaching of the Word of God.
(3) By the overruling of His providence. This means that God guides us through what we call ““the circumstances of life””. He opens and closes doors –- look up Revelation 3:8. He leads us by the wise counsel of Christian friends and loved ones.
When it is God’’s will for us to take a certain step He will lead us by the teaching of His Word, by the prompting of His Spirit and by the overruling of His providence, and the three ways will harmonise to confirm to us that the step we are about to take is God’’s will for us. Notice the promise in 1 John 2:17.
““LORD, TEACH ME TO DO YOUR WILL.””
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Study 9B...Perfect will,God's will
Psalm143:10.
The perfect will of God is God’s divine plan for your life. This is what He has divinely arranged – the kind of man or woman to marry, career, ministry, and so on. The permissive will of God is what He permits. A point to note is that the fact that He permits something does not mean it is His will. For instance, if God wants a person to get married at the age of 30, He knows the exact reason why. If the person is obedient and waits for God’s timing, he will receive all the blessings God has for him. Suppose when the person reaches the age of 25 he finds a woman and decides to marry her. It will not be God’s perfect will. If the person continues to pray about it over and over, God will give him a go –ahead. But it will be God’s permissive will. He will still bless them but they will not enjoy the full blessings that come with His perfect will.
4 . It indicates the conditions to be met if we are to know and do His will .
What are these conditions? Are they complicated? Notice three things:-
(1) We must have a teachable attitude. Notice how David prays, ““Teach me to do your will””. He obviously had a child-like spirit and acknowledges his need to be taught (Jeremiah 10:23; Matthew 18:3-4).
(2) We must have an intense desire to know God’’s will. David’s prayer reveals this, and the Bible is full of specific promises to stimulate our desire –- look up Psalm 37:5; Proverbs 3:6; Proverbs 16:3 and James 1:5. Have you an intense desire to know God’’s will?
(3) We must have a willingness to do His will whatever it involves. David prayed, ““Teach me to
do your will””, not only to know it but to do it; and when we pray this prayer we must have that willingness, whether it seems to us pleasing or painful and whether it harmonises with what we would like or with something that we had not expected at all –- look up John 7:17.
5 . It provokes the question: How does the Lord teach us His will ?
The answer to this practical question is very clear. He does it in three ways:-
(1) By the teaching of His Word. In the Bible we have a declaration of God’’s will in general terms. Most of the guidance God gives in His Word is through certain clearly stated principles, and we can learn immediately from the Bible the answer to the following questions: Will it glorify God? Will it honour the Holy Spirit? Does it conflict with any clear command? We must be careful not to use the Bible as a magic book. God guides us by the teaching of His Word, where He reveals His will in general terms. But there are some occasions when we need not general guidance but particular guidance. How does He guide then?
(2) By the promptings of His Spirit. In Psalm 143 the work of the Holy Spirit is especially referred to in verse 10 –- look up and compare Romans 8:14. When God requires us to take a certain step He leads us according to the principles of His Word and the burden which the Holy Spirit places on our hearts. No ‘’supposed’’ guidance of the Holy Spirit is really the Holy Spirit’s guidance if it is contrary to the clear teaching of the Word of God.
(3) By the overruling of His providence. This means that God guides us through what we call ““the circumstances of life””. He opens and closes doors –- look up Revelation 3:8. He leads us by the wise counsel of Christian friends and loved ones.
When it is God’’s will for us to take a certain step He will lead us by the teaching of His Word, by the prompting of His Spirit and by the overruling of His providence, and the three ways will harmonise to confirm to us that the step we are about to take is God’’s will for us. Notice the promise in 1 John 2:17.
““LORD, TEACH ME TO DO YOUR WILL.””
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