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Questions we are often asked: How can I know God\u2019s will for my life?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re often asked during our ministry engagements \u2013by young and old alike, how can I know God\u2019s will for my life?  It seems to be an age-old question most believers seek to understand.  But I believe we\u2019ve been asking the wrong question, the result of being distracted from God\u2019s intent for our lives.  You see, our perspective of God\u2019s will for our lives often misses the purpose of why we were created.  God created us that we might glorify Him through our lives.  So it\u2019s not about who we will marry, where we will live, or what we will do.  It is God\u2019s desire for us to live as Christians committed to His purpose.  As one of our ministry colleagues stated, \u201cWe should be asking, \u2018What is God\u2019s will and how do I fit into it?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is God\u2019s will that none perish. It is God\u2019s will that all men come to repentance.  \u2026So if it is God\u2019s will that none perish and that all men come to repentance, we\u2019ve got to ask ourselves \u201cWhat are we doing to fulfill his will?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus went to the cross to pay the penalty of sin for everyone.  But not everyone in the world knows that.  Millions of people are still waiting to hear the gospel although they don\u2019t know they are waiting to hear; they are lost in their sin.  Lost men don\u2019t know they need to repent because they don\u2019t know what it means to acknowledge their sin.  They, like many here, think they are pretty good in spite of sinful lives.  Pretty good doesn\u2019t get anyone into heaven.  The real question is \u201cWhat are we doing to change eternity for those who haven\u2019t heard the gospel?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s how that played out for us\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We embraced God\u2019s purpose to impact lost people at our workplace more than forty years ago.  Then we began reaching out to those in our community\u2026 it seemed there was something more we should be doing to impact people for Christ.  Then we learned of those living in hard to reach places of the world that needed Jesus.  We left our jobs to pursue training and equipping to go to unreached areas of the world to reach such ones.  God gave us many years serving in PNG.  We\u2019ve gone full-circle in reaching lost people and now we get to mobilize others who can go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ok, it really isn\u2019t about \u2018how things played out for us\u2026\u2019 it was actually responding to the commission Jesus gave to make disciples.  He was very specific about this when he ascended back to heaven and told his followers to be his witnesses.  He didn\u2019t ask \u201cDo you think you might want to do this? or \u201cCould you make some time to impact lost people?\u201d He said \u201cDo it.\u201d  I think that\u2019s pretty simple, don\u2019t you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We realize every Christian will never go to the hard to reach areas of the world to impact lost people for Jesus \u2013what we call \u2018missions.\u2019  But we do know Jesus wants us to be witnesses\u2019 right where he\u2019s placed us; that\u2019s being responsible Christians.  Responsible Christians understand the importance of sharing and sending and supporting those who serve in missions.  It\u2019s a team effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Questions we are often asked: How can I know God\u2019s will for my life? We\u2019re often asked during our ministry engagements \u2013by young and old alike, how can I know God\u2019s will for my life?  It seems to be an age-old question most believers seek to understand.  But I believe we\u2019ve been asking the wrong […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":276,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-hilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-hilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-hilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-hilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/276"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-hilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-hilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-hilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-hilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/david-hilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}