GOD’S WILL

Pr. James Victor Lubwama

1 John 5:14 (NKJV)

“If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us”

Many people have unanswered questions. We have prayed, fasted and sowed in God’s ministry but our lives are not progressing. Is God too far? Is He silent? Are some of our issues too big for Him?

One thing about God is that; He does not support things that aren’t according to His will; for He does not finish what He didn’t start. If a venture or plan or activity or relationship is not according to His will, he will be silent and inactive - He appears as if He has no idea about it yet He is all knowing. If you make prayers which are not according to His will, he will be silent. He doesn’t answer selfish and vengeful prayers! The bible says in James 4:3 (AMP) that; “You ask [God for something] and do not receive it, because you ask with wrong motives [out of selfishness or with an unrighteous agenda]" 

God’s nature is that whatever is not according to His will, he neither considers nor supports it - He neither blesses it nor invests time and resources in it; but according to your limited understanding it appears as though that issue you are pursuing is impossible for Him yet he is the source of power – He is the God of all mankind there is nothing impossible before him (Jeremiah 32:27)

When God sends you on a mission, he directs and gives you the resources needed. For anything started by Him, there is divine provision and enablement. At times the task assigned might supersede your understanding, human resource and financial ability but if He is the Alpha, he will give the wisdom, grace and add unto you the right people to support that which He has purposed and planned. 

Jonah 1:1-3 (NKJV)

"Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” 3 But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord."

In the scriptures above, God commanded Jonah to go to Nineveh – that was according to His will but instead Jonah diverted from God’s will and went to Tarshish – which wasn’t according to God’s will and plan. Because it wasn’t according to God’s plan for Jonah to descend to Tarshish, the ship encountered a storm and Jonah was thrown off the boat; that was a result of Jonah not moving as per God's will and purpose, thus the journey hit a dead-end. 
Another i have realised is that whenever you are doing something not according to God’s will and plan, you will pay the fare. Jonah 1:3 highlights; "He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare” Whenever you do something not according to God’s will, you will pay the price for that activity or journey – there will be no divine provision. If you are pursuing something not according to the will of God you will find struggles, resistance and lack, and the reverse is true. If i send you to Juba to go and accomplish something on my behalf, i will give you transport, accommodation and any other thing you might need on that journey; so had Jonah boarded a ship going to Nineveh in the first place, he wouldn’t have paid the fare because God finances and supports His missions.

There are certain things God doesn’t bless or support, not because He can’t but because according to His nature, He only supports and blesses those according to his will. That’s him and for those serving God, you only follow him – you don’t move before He does lest you struggle and fail; and if he commands you to do something, you don’t look at the limitations because whatever he plans and purposes comes to pass.

We thank God for giving us the Holy Spirit because He informs us in advance whether a particular thing you are about to do at a particular time is in the Father’s will or not. The bible may even be talking of that which you are planning to do but it may not be in God’s perfect will at that time. For example, do you think Jesus didn’t have the power to heal the lame man at the beautiful gate? That’s the same temple where both Jesus and his disciples prayed from, and Jesus always passed by that beautiful gate but He didn’t heal him, however, later his disciple - Peter healed him. There were many lame people in Jerusalem but he didn’t heal all of them yet he has all the power and authority but He only chose to heal those according to his will for the glory of His name. 

For you to move without struggles or not to hit dead-ends, you have got to know God’s perfect will; and what reveals to you God’s plan or will or desires at a certain time? It’s the Holy Spirit.

When is God powerful? He is almighty when what you are doing is according to His will and plan.

Seek God's will in whatever you plan to do!