To where do you look for what God wants?

To where do you look for what God wants?

He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require 

of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Micah 6:8

God never conceals His expectations from us. We never have to guess how we should live. In response to the misguided ways in which people sought to please God, the prophet Micah clearly explained what God does and does not expect. The people asked: Should we come to God with many offerings? Should we bring a thousand rams and ten thousand rivers of oil? Would God be pleased if we gave our firstborn child to Him to express our devotion? (Mic. 6:6–7). Micah's response was straightforward: “He has shown you, O man, what is good.”

Micah listed three things God desires. First, He wants us to show justice. The desire to receive justice is not enough. We must also be absolutely just in the way we treat others. If we have given our word, we should keep it with complete integrity. If we have people working for us, we should treat them as fairly as Jesus would. We should act justly in every relationship.

Second, we are to love mercy. The knowledge that we have received undeserved mercy from God should motivate us to show mercy to others. We must resist the temptation to retaliate against those who have wronged us, choosing to show them mercy instead.

Finally, God requires us to walk humbly with Him. God does not ask us for spectacular acts of service—He asks for humility. At times we try to make the Christian life far more complicated than it is. We avoid confronting what God has clearly told us to do today. If we strive to be completely obedient in the basics, the more complex assignments will become clear. - Blackaby Experiencing God Day by Day

It is interesting when God repeats Himself.  Was told by a wise Pastor concerning the word therefore. Back up in what you are reading and find out what the therefore is there for. 

So many hundreds of books written and so many thousands of dollars spent by so-called experts on how to find the will of God.   An earlier post or two touched upon this.  As all can note from this blog, I make no earthly money from writing. I write in obedience to God each morning as He directs the conversation. 

If you are after God's Will, ask God through His written Words, your Bible. 

You don't need high dollar people on a lecture circuit. You don't need special books, video streams or DVD'S.  

He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require 

of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Look at the New Testament examples through the writings of God's people.  Look at the lives of the Disciples.  We, in our technologically hyped world overcomplicate things. 

We think in terms of a microwave minute.  We pray and get anxious, upset, discouraged when an answer doesn't come in our timing.  Then conclude that must not have been God's Will for us. 

What absolute poppycock!

We are told what we need to do, we are shown by Christ's example with His Disciples, yet we insist in praying like our soul is in 3rd gear and God should respond in kind. What was Jesus's example? Slow down, get away, spend time with God. Praying. Then rejoin the world doing:

He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require 

of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Where is it ever written in the Bible that you are always going to get your will with God?  Yes, Scripture says to ask, seek, knock. It does say to pray without ceasing. Where is it that it reads, MY will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven?  We are to do as Jesus did. Seek the will of the Father and obey what we are told to do.  

We make up our own thing and get in a tizzy when God's not onboard with it. 

God's will isn't complicated. We think it has to go one step further and that He needs to explain every footstep we make. 

We overcomplicate the Christian life. 

How is it we are told by Jesus to come as a child, yet what is seen isn't children, but know it all adults?  Telling God how they want things. Telling God He needs to do things in accordance with their will and way.  

Is it right to pray for those whom are suffering? Yes!  Is it right to tell God what outcome we want to see?  You be the judge. To God, death is a healing too just as much as living can be.  Be careful as well. King Hezekiah's wish to be made well and not die resulted in the mose evil King that was his offspring being born. 

Is it right to pray for things that are certainly worldly? Depends on what it is.

If we honestly look at the request and it's purely selfish, the odds are not good that God will grant it, save the idea that it gets granted to teach us not to ask for such things. 

You don't need high dollar people to tell you what God's will is.  You who are in Christ have the Holy Spirit. He is priceless.  Scripture says that if any man lacks wisdom he is to ask of God who gives it freely to all who love Him. 

We are His workmanship.  We are not being made into our image of us. 

We are being made into Christ's image of us.   If I was given whatever I wanted versus whatever I needed, I wouldn't rely on Christ.  Same goes with you. Look at Israel in the Old Testament. The most blessed of nations yet were so full of themselves they abandoned their relationship with God. 

He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require 

of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

How are you in regards to these?