How Can I Know God’s Will for My Life?
Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear
J.D. Greear
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🗓️ 6 November 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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When you’re looking for God’s guidance in a situation, don’t you wish he would just write the answer out in the sky? Or, maybe, send you a personalized text message?
In this episode of “12 Truths & a Lie,” Pastor J.D. answers the question he gets more than any other: How can I know God’s will for my life? When faced with a tough life choice-about school, about work, about your relationships-many people are terrified they’ll somehow miss God’s will.
But God’s will isn’t some mysterious target we’re aiming at in the dark. As you’ll learn in this episode, the more important question is not how God guides, but whom God guides.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Ask Me Anything where Pastor J.D. Greer answers your questions. |
| 0:22.2 | We are actually in the middle of a bonus series as J.D. is answering some of life's biggest questions. |
| 0:28.4 | This series is called 12 truths and a lie. |
| 0:32.6 | In this episode, we want to consider a question that I probably get more than any other, especially among |
| 0:37.6 | college students, and that is, how can I know God's will for my life? God, which way is the right |
| 0:44.5 | way for me to go? I mean, all of us have prayed that at some point, right? And which school should I go to? |
| 0:49.4 | Should I go to grad school now? Should I take the job? Should I go out with him or break up with her? Or questions like, |
| 0:55.6 | you know, should I pursue a divorce or which school is best for my child or where should I live |
| 1:00.1 | during retirement? Doesn't matter what your age or what part of the Christian life you're in. |
| 1:04.5 | This is a question we ask. And honestly, it's probably one of the main causes of stress in our lives. |
| 1:10.2 | Am I going to make the right decision? |
| 1:12.3 | Anybody remember the Choose Your Own Adventure novels? |
| 1:15.4 | I read those as a kid. |
| 1:16.5 | I loved them. |
| 1:17.1 | They were my favorites. |
| 1:18.2 | You'd be reading the book, and then you'd have this choice. |
| 1:20.5 | And it would say something like, you're being chased by a flock of rabid wolverines, |
| 1:24.6 | and an old lady invites you into a house to escape. If you want to accept |
| 1:27.9 | her invitation, turn to page 210. If not, turn to page 130 and I'd accept the invitation |
| 1:33.1 | because I'm a trusting person. I turn to page 210. Turns out she was a witch and so she puts a spell |
| 1:38.9 | on you and cooks you in her stew. The end. And I think, oh, if only I would have known, then I wouldn't have made that |
| 1:44.9 | terrible decision. And that's how we see the will of God. It's like we've got these two doors in |
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