I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel
you with my eye upon you. Psalm 32:8.

How can I know what God wants me to do?

The Scriptures assure us that we are not like rats in a maze. God
wants us to know his will. Paul wrote to the Ephesian Christians and
told them not to be fools, but to know the will of the Lord (Ephesians
5:17). He prays for the same wisdom for the Colossians (1:9, 10, cf.
4:12). You find God’s will by submitting to him. It works the same
way in any relationship. As I and my wife ‘submit’ to one another, we
learn more about each other’s ‘will’ and how to please each other.
John 7:17 gives us the basic principle here: ‘Anyone who resolves to do
the will of God will know…’ Knowledge follows obedience.

Norman Vincent Peale recounts how his good friend (he had thousands of
‘good friends’!) J L Kraft makes decisions. ‘I pray hard and think
hard. When the time is up and I must act, if I have done all the
thinking and praying I can do, I say “Lord, show me the next thing to
do”. I believe that the first idea that comes into my mind is the
answer…’

May I not be like a stubborn mule, Lord, without understanding. May I
know your way, and whether I know the reasons or not for being in that
way, may I be willing to follow it in obedience to your will. Amen.