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The Mystery of God's Will

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"The Mystery of God's Will" is a term thrown around in Christian circles often as a rationale for inactivity or non-specific prayers... Is God's will meant to be a complete mystery? Is God playing hide and seek with us? If He is why would He do that? If He is not, what is our problem that we default to this statement so easily?

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Charles Stanley preached on this topic Friday. I can't remember what he said about it though. I need to start writing things down like he says. He always says that we have to write things down of Satan will steal the truth from us. He is write. Sorry David.

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Personally I believe that the will of God is to Love him

and to love our neighbour.

I reckon these two things alone are going

to take a life time for me to get right. :th_praying:

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good question. I believe this term may be being misused.

I cannot say that I understand God's Will because there are so many things we don't know and that we do know. God's will is apparent in scripture and sometimes through a word of personal prophecy. Yet sometimes in scriptures (such as we were choosen before the foundations of the earth) or in our present situation (particularly sufferings) we cannot always understand God's will.

I believe the Mystery of God's Will was born from mysteries such as why God would choose us to be the object of His love, choosen above angels, to reign with Him as kings, and stuff like that. God's Will is a mystery to us sometimes.

yet I know one thing always...that God's Will is always good and holy. So though we do not always know God's Will we always pray "your kingdom come, your WILL be done on earth as it is in heaven". Sometimes the Lord does not reveal His Will to us so that the proving of our faith can occur. We should seek the Lord's Will especially in our suffering.

We should always seek God's Will and never be inactive or complacent in ignorance. that's just backwards and completely misuses the term "the Mystery of God's Will". There should never be an excuse to not desire to know God's Will. If one is suffering they should not default to "this is the mystery of God's Will". Plus, if a person was truly suffering they would never do this for any reason.

God's Will may be a mystery because it may not be time to reveal it yet, the person may not be open to receive it, proving of faith, or God's incomprehensiblity.

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"The Mystery of God's Will" is a term thrown around in Christian circles often as a rationale for inactivity or non-specific prayers... Is God's will meant to be a complete mystery? Is God playing hide and seek with us? If He is why would He do that? If He is not, what is our problem that we default to this statement so easily?

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"The Mystery of God's Will" is a term thrown around in Christian circles often as a rationale for inactivity or non-specific prayers... Is God's will meant to be a complete mystery? Is God playing hide and seek with us? If He is why would He do that? If He is not, what is our problem that we default to this statement so easily?

"The Mystery of God's Will" is a term thrown around in Christian circles often as a rationale for inactivity or non-specific prayers...

I believe this is when it is being misused.

Is God's will meant to be a complete mystery?

sometimes it is a mystery; sometimes it is not.

Is God playing hide and seek with us? If He is why would He do that?

Sometimes God's will is not clear to us in time when we are under trial. This is for the proving of faith (1 peter 1:7). Sometimes God's will is a mystery because God Himself is unfathomable and incomprehensible.

If He is not, what is our problem that we default to this statement so easily?

If God's will is meant to be revealed then we should not default to that statement "The mystery of God's Will". This is being misused.

****I don't think we can treat God's Will as one SINGLE THING. It is many things in many areas. I have a Will but for many different things. Look at God's purpose in Jesus Christ. It was a mystery in the Old Testament times but now has been unveiled. Look at the book of Job...God's Will was a mystery to Job and His friends...and perhaps still to us.

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