Having a Hard Time Determining God's Will?

Have you ever had a major decision to make, and just didn't know what to do?
I'm in one of those modes right now, and I have been leaning on the promise of God's Word that He will answer me as I diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6). King David wrote Psalm 25 which says,

Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, . . . on thee do I wait all the day.
The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Psalm 25:1-2, 9

If we humbly appeal to the Lord, we have His promise that He will reach down, lift us up, put us in His lap, and tell us just what we need to know.

James puts it this way,
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
James 4:6, 10

The humble part means that we are willing to do whatever God wants us to do, even if it doesn't make sense from a worldly perspective. Some questions you might ask yourself when you're seeking God's will on a matter:

- Are you just asking God to bless a decision that YOU want to make, or are you really looking for HIS will? (Remember Isaiah 55:8)
- Are you basing your thoughts on what the world would say makes the most sense, or are you really willing to do whatever God wants you to do, even if you would look foolish by the world's standard of judgment? (1 Corinthians 1:20)
- Are you wanting to do what best serves YOUR needs, or are you wanting to do what best serves HIS glory?

If we are truly serving the Lord and living for His glory, God promises that He will guide us CONTINUALLY.

And [if] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday:
And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Isaiah 58:10-11

All by His grace, all for His glory,
Pastor B.