What is God's Will?

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What is God's will? I recently found out that it explains it very clearly in the Bible in one verse. As a kid, I've always wanted to know what is my purpose in life? What is my calling? What is the mission that God gave me? Well, the answer to that and to understanding God's will can be found by tracing the mission of Jesus. It's summed up in one verse. For the son of man, Jesus came to seek and to save the lost. And we've all felt lost at some point where we make a mistake, feel like we messed up our life, like there's no coming back. But, that doesn't have to be true because Jesus completed his mission. It says, by this gospel you are saved, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day, and that he appeared to Peter, the disciples, and over 500 more people. But, why does this matter? Because if we make a mistake, feeling like we've got off course, God has given us a way to be redirected onto the right path. The Bible says, for God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, Jesus, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life. So, because Jesus completed his mission to seek and to save us, we have the opportunity to accept the gift of eternal life. But, what does this have to do with God's will, my calling in life? Those are actually two separate things. But, first, let's read what God's will is. Jesus said, for my father's will is that everyone who looks to the son, Jesus, and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day to live eternity together with God. So, first, before anything else, God's will is for us to believe in Jesus, to be saved, and have eternal life. Before understanding our calling, this is the most important thing. So, how do we do that? The Bible says, if you declare with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead. Remember, over 500 people saw him after he was raised from the dead, then you will be saved. Once we've done that, not only will we have access to heaven, eternal life with God, when we pass away, God has a specific calling that he wants us to live out now. And because we're saved, he sends us the Holy Spirit, which the Bible calls the advocate, to guide us. So, now, what is the specific calling that God has given us? The Bible gives us direction here. For you were once in darkness, lost, but now you are in light in the Lord after we believed in Jesus. So, now, live as children of light. For the fruit of the light, what God produces through us, consists in all goodness, good things, righteousness, holy things, and truth, the truth of God's words being lived out, and find out what pleases the Lord. So, we are to live as children of light, children of God, and find out what pleases the Lord. And how do we do that? We go way more into this on the video on our channel called, Does God want us to know his will? Let me know how I can be praying for you today, friends. God bless.