For the past year, I've been wondering what God's will is for my life. I'm a senior in college so, inevitably, I would consistantly be asked, "So, what are you doing once you graduate?" To which I would give the same, frustrating answer, "I don't know yet." It was a question that constantly hung over my head, "What am I going to do when I graduate? What do YOU want me to do, God?"
God was silent though, and this frustrated me. I couldn't figure out why he wouldn't just tell me so that I could start getting ready for what he had for me. Then, through Scripture and some wise people in my life, God began to show me what his will was. Instead of showing me the future plans he had for me, he showed me something different: what he wanted for my life day by day.
God showed me passages like Ecclesiastes 12:13, Exodus 20:1-17, Matthew 28:18-20, John 13:34-35, 1 Thessalonians 4: 3, 1 Timothy 6:11-12.
So what is God's will for my life? That I keep his commandments, love others, and proclaim his name to those who don't yet know him.
Sounds simple, right? But I was amazed how sidetracked I had gotten in trying to figure out what God had planned for my future that I often missed the day to day obedience to God. It was when I turned my attention more toward these matters that God started to show me his plans for my future. And even now that I know what I will be doing for the next year and a half, these verses still stand. I shouldn't wait until I go on the World Race to start serving God. It starts now in my day-to-day life. Every day is a fight. A fight to know God more, obey him more perfectly, and love others more sacrificially. That is God's will for my life and it is not dependent on my knowing what my future plans are.
