How do you know the Lord's leading?

Trapped · 09-14-2018, 10:19 PM

I am currently in the middle of a situation where I genuinely do not know what to do. I have essentially two pathways - stay or leave. The Lord/the church is slightly involved in a peripheral way, but it is not an LC situation per se. That is to say, the situation is not whether I should stay in or leave the LC's.

My question is this: in scenarios where there is no Biblical principle or parallel to follow, and in a situation where neither pathway is a sin or immoral and right/wrong is not a factor, how do you know the Lord's leading?

As one who was raised a Christian but hasn't had much assured experience of the Lord's speaking, I am asking this of all my fellow Christians here on this forum. I have only had occasion to ask existing LC members this question and frankly their responses were wanting.

Regarding the Lord's speaking in a meeting one saint said "I sit there and listen to the brother and think to myself what could the Lord be saying to me in this message?"

Another one day told me "hello, the Lord doesn't actually speak to you" and then another day said, of their future spouse, "the Lord told me this was the one for me".....not realizing the irony in their two statements.

Another saint who had been in the LC's for decades and was in a position of certain responsibility said "I have never been able to get the Lord's speaking that way, what decision to take is just a matter of what makes sense, people say the Lord speaks to them but I haven't had that experience."

All of these answers blew my mind (not in a good way).

I have heard new ones who were strong Christians in other churches come in to the LC's and say "The Lord told me to come to the church in [locality]" but I never had a chance to ask what they meant exactly and how they were sure of that.

I know there is the matter of "what do you have the peace to do". For me in this particular scenario the answer is both and neither. Both scenarios entail equal pros and cons, none overly outweighing the other. I'm not sure if I would know "the peace" if it bit me in the backyard, honestly.

So here I'm less looking for LC commentary and more looking for people's genuine experiences/advice of how to know what the Lord's will is in these types of situations. The whole thing is so complicated, both pathways carry their own pluses and minuses, reliefs and distresses, I really just want to do what the Lord wants in this situation because I certainly cannot figure it out myself.

How do you know what the Lord's will is?

09-14-2018, 10:19 PM	#1
Trapped Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 1,523	How do you know the Lord's leading? I am currently in the middle of a situation where I genuinely do not know what to do. I have essentially two pathways - stay or leave. The Lord/the church is slightly involved in a peripheral way, but it is not an LC situation per se. That is to say, the situation is not whether I should stay in or leave the LC's. My question is this: in scenarios where there is no Biblical principle or parallel to follow, and in a situation where neither pathway is a sin or immoral and right/wrong is not a factor, how do you know the Lord's leading? As one who was raised a Christian but hasn't had much assured experience of the Lord's speaking, I am asking this of all my fellow Christians here on this forum. I have only had occasion to ask existing LC members this question and frankly their responses were wanting. Regarding the Lord's speaking in a meeting one saint said "I sit there and listen to the brother and think to myself what could the Lord be saying to me in this message?" Another one day told me "hello, the Lord doesn't actually speak to you" and then another day said, of their future spouse, "the Lord told me this was the one for me".....not realizing the irony in their two statements. Another saint who had been in the LC's for decades and was in a position of certain responsibility said "I have never been able to get the Lord's speaking that way, what decision to take is just a matter of what makes sense, people say the Lord speaks to them but I haven't had that experience." All of these answers blew my mind (not in a good way). I have heard new ones who were strong Christians in other churches come in to the LC's and say "The Lord told me to come to the church in [locality]" but I never had a chance to ask what they meant exactly and how they were sure of that. I know there is the matter of "what do you have the peace to do". For me in this particular scenario the answer is both and neither. Both scenarios entail equal pros and cons, none overly outweighing the other. I'm not sure if I would know "the peace" if it bit me in the backyard, honestly. So here I'm less looking for LC commentary and more looking for people's genuine experiences/advice of how to know what the Lord's will is in these types of situations. The whole thing is so complicated, both pathways carry their own pluses and minuses, reliefs and distresses, I really just want to do what the Lord wants in this situation because I certainly cannot figure it out myself. How do you know what the Lord's will is?