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Originally Posted by Trapped
I've been reading some articles on the internet about "how do you know God's will for your life" or "how do you know what God wants". I am stuck in yet another different but no less stressful situation where I have a few murky and life-altering options but simply no idea what to do. I am almost writing off completely "asking the Lord" for His leading because it's been too many years of praying that prayer and receiving mausoleum silence in return.
But of course several of the articles I read do say things like, "read His word to find out what he wants".
Okay........unfortunately there is no "book of Trapped" in the Bible. I cannot open up to Trapped chapter 13 verse 5 to find out what God wants for Trapped. What does "seek His will in His word" actually mean, in the context of making your own life decisions that are not examples found in His word?
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Dear Trapped
I could relate to your post, and believe I have felt the confusion and pain you describe from agonizing over finding God's will or hearing the Lord's voice.
I remember talking with a friend/sister who was older than me, telling her my fears and concerns about a decision I had to make, etc. She told me basically to stop considering what to do and just live! I was shocked. Actually she told me to "shut up and live." Sounds harsh when I write it, but for me in that moment, it was very freeing. Can't tell you how many times those words have come back to me, giving me encouragement to just move ahead and live and not agonize over things.
Backing up the "live" idea was/is a surrender to Him of my life, and a trust that the Lord could and would keep me. In some sense, I seemed to feel that I was a bit bigger than God - like I could effectively thwart His work, being more powerful than Him in some funny kind of way. (I know we have free will, etc. but this was a different kind of thinking.)
Today I read Isaiah 50 - "who is among you that fears the Lord, that obeys the voice of his servant, that walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord and rely on His God." Matthew Henry said some good things in his
commentary on this section.
We do walk in darkness sometimes, but we never walk alone. Reminds me of this song -
He Knows
I hope all is well today, Trapped!
Redeemed