I have always had a hard time discerning God’s will. In the past I have gone with the approach of praying about an issue and asking God to slam the door to the opportunity in my face if he didn’t want it to happen. That is, until I met people who claimed of receiving daily direction straight from God. They told stories about praying in one place until they were given clear direction about what to do. Unfortunately, that has ever worked for me. Actually, I became a lot less decisive when I started “waiting on the Lord” for every minor decision.
I am sure that I am not the only one who has struggled with trying to discern God’s will. Actually, after talking to my friends I am very sure. Because of this I recently read Just Do Something by Kevin De Young. De Young claims to offer “a liberating approach to finding God’s will,” and he does just that by pointing his readers to scriptures on the subject of how Christians are supposed to live. De Young deals with hard questions for many young people today such as how to know what job to have, where to go to college, and who to marry. Reading Just Do Something put my mind at ease as I read on God’s providence, declarative will, and decisive will. At the same time I found myself being rebuked as De Young discussed the tendency of Christians to not make a decision and write it off as waiting on the Lord’s will.
If you are having trouble making decisions and are perplexed with how to discern God’s will I highly recommend reading Just Do Something. As ironic as that may sound, it is a good start to setting a Bible based foundation to your decision making process. It is a short, easy read, it is practical, and it glorifying to God. Check it out.
-Griff
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