I saw this question posted on November 14, 2013 on the Facebook page of Christian Lifestyle Magazine, and my first thought was, how on earth would I be able to miss God’s Will? Isn’t it His will? His Will shall be done, so why on earth would I miss it? Then when I read the question again I was even more puzzled, I noticed the word “Already”. I thought to myself, what do you mean by “already missed the will of God?” That to me implied finality, like you can’t undo the wrong.
Then I read further and realized the statement – “Learn From the Past but Don’t Live in It”. So I figured OK so it isn’t saying you have no hope, you already missed God’s Will. I still wondered though why would there be any question of missing God’s Will. I saw where Christian Lifestyle Magazine referred to this question being explored in a book called Live Before You Die. So I looked up this book on Amazon and got a look inside and saw where the author Daniel Kolenda explores how God’s will can co-exist with mankind’s free will. Interesting perspective.
This question’s meaning came clearer for me after reading Romans 1:19-24.
19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. 24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.” (New International Version Bible Online)
I really love and appreciate this scripture, because it makes a point to me that I had never considered before, and I think a lot of people overlook this point. It makes the point that God made His Will to us clear, he never kept it secret, but we still wanted something else, and so he gave us the sinful desires of our hearts. So apparently you can miss God’s Will for your life, but not because He never made you see what his Will was, but more because you chose something else and He allowed it.
But as Christian Lifestyle Magazine stated on their Facebook page, you should “learn from the past, but don’t live in it.” You can miss God’s Will, and you may have missed it “already”, but you don’t actually have to miss it forever.
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