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Why Is God’s Will So Important?
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by Angie Bishop Forsyth
od has an ultimate plan for each of His children.
are my God; let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground”
His plan involves a life well lived that brings honor
(Psalm 143:10).
and glory to Him. His plan involves growth in us
Oh, the sweet living presence of the Holy Spirit that
and a heart so big and full of Him that when we step outside
resides in me fights for me to get this right! He tugs and He
His will, we know how to find our way back. Wouldn’t it be
pulls me back to the center of God’s will. Then my sweet
safe to say that every believer has stepped outside the will
Savior Jesus stands before our glorious God and says, “My
of God many times? Sure! But isn’t it wonderful that we can
blood covered this for her. She is forgiven and is back on
never step outside of God’s marvelous grace? It’s that grace
course.” Then my big ole Father God kisses me with grace,
that grips onto us to guide us back into God’s perfect will.
PLANTING my feet back on that “level ground.” I tell ya,
Oooooh, doesn’t that make you wanna shout? It excites me
when your feet are on sinful, shaky ground, life gets equally
to the core!
unbalanced and you begin to feel the shame of that sin, which can either drive you further from the cross or faster to the cross. If you’re a TRUE believer, I believe it’s faster. Conviction has a way of bringing us back to the cross, and that conviction comes from the Holy Spirit’s tug and pull I mentioned earlier. This is why God gave us a Helper! Without Him, we’d all be wandering around aimlessly, racking our brains on how to do and stay in God’s will. I gladly accept God’s gift of the Spirit to me to keep my feet on “level ground.” The Bible tells us also, “For it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13). What child doesn’t long to please their parent? There’s joy in that, ya know! I get
Grace is a sweet and undeserving gift, but let’s talk
more joy in the center of God’s will than I do chasing my tail
about why God’s will is important. I personally know from
in my own rat race. I’ll leave it right here on a personal level
the times I’ve stepped outside of God’s will what it’s done
for me and hope you too understand these words and have a
to me spiritually. It’s agonizing. Yet there I go, doing things
heart to stay in God’s will. It’s the most life-giving place to be!
my way, convincing myself I deserve to live life for me. I’m
“I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within
a grownup, after all. But am I? I mean, my rebellion is quite
my heart” (Psalm 40:8).
glory! NONE! When this is revealed in me, I am like David shouting out to God, “Teach me to do Your will, for You
18 // November 2020
About The Author
childish. None of ME without HIM brings Him honor and My name is Angie Bishop Forsyth. I am a local of Rome, Georgia, now for 30 + years. I’m just a simple lady with heart that chases after God! I love to share about him anywhere I can. To me there’s no one or no thing on this earth, greater to talk about! God has blessed me in tremendous ways and I not only love to tell about it, but I live to tell about it!
