Discovering God’s Deep, Dark, Mysterious Will

Mark Altrogge has another good post on finding God's will. He describes how I used to approach finding God's will:

Like the young engaged man who asked me:

“What if I marry the wrong person?”

“Are you attracted to her?” I asked.

“Yeah!”

“Did you pray about the relationship?”

“For weeks.”

“Did you get counsel?”

“From my pastors, parents, and D.A. Carson.”

“Does she have godly character?”

“If she were any more godly she’d be raptured.”

“Then she’s the one for you.”

“But what if we get married and someone else comes along who’s more attractive?”

“It will probably happen. But the one you marry is the one God has for you.”

God’s will isn’t a deep, dark mystery we have to solve.

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