June 1, 2015 Monthly Character Series by Steve the son of John

One’s Character & God’s Will

I am always looking for ways to do ‘good deeds’. It’s rewarding and fulfilling to make something or someone better. It will not always be so easy to do nor doable in the near future. While we have time to do well we should take advantage of any opportunity to do God’s will.

It’s important not to just make plans for what I want but what God wants. Jesus said He only does what God wills for Him to do. How do you do this? Can God really show me this each day—I like to know the details ‘to do God’s will’. Proverbs says, ‘the fear of God is to hate evil’, or simply said in layman’s terms, ‘to fear God is to desire God’s will to be done (not evil)’.

I am persuaded that one cannot know God’s will without some important character traits—like true humility, constantly praying throughout the day, wanting to be a better person today than you were yesterday, looking for God in everything one does, and confidence in the hand/arm of God (that is the wisdom of the Holy Spirit).

We will never please God, we will never experience His presence constantly, and we will never change the world around us (that is bringing the Kingdom of Heaven to earth) without knowing and doing God’s will. I think about this often, I pray for this each day, and then look for opportunities to do God’s will.

Sometimes doing God’s will has little significance to others around me while other times it changes everything and impacts everyone around me. I do not look to or take pride in the numerical impact of God’s will—I just look too doing it.

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