One time, I remember asking our team members to get some questions from the Bible they found hard to answer, especially if someone asked them about it. And interestingly, one brought up today’s article topic – “Can the will of God change for someone?” Really? I thought that’s a tricky question because it involves a lot. I’m glad to write about it here.
In the Bible, there were many instances that things happened to people which may or may not be attributed to God’s will for them. Take King Hezekiah’s life as an example. God sent the prophet Isaiah to tell him that he was about to die, so he should prepare his house. But upon Hezekiah’s prayer, God added fifteen more years to his life (see 2 Kings 20:1-6). Imagine that! Did God’s will change for him? It’s indeed a question. How about Jesus turning water to wine when He told Mary that His hour had not yet come (see John 2:4)? Was that an overturn of God’s will based on time?
What is God’s will?
With all these examples cited, what is really God’s will? In fact, defining it will help an individual distinguish between good and evil in life. God’s will means what God accepts as good and perfect. I say this because it’s only in Romans 12:2 that the scripture lays down these characteristics of the will of God. However, in that same verse, it is clear that a believer with an untransformed mind will find it difficult to prove God’s will. So many people who struggle to know God’s will for them in any situation are largely unrenewed in their minds. When you mature in the Spirit, you become more discerning to distinguish between good and evil from the lens of divine knowledge.
For example, I would say that Jesus’ case of turning water into wine was God’s will because God doesn’t work in time. So, Jesus performing a miracle out of divine timing was still good and acceptable. After all, if it wasn’t God’s will, that miracle wouldn’t have happened in the first place. Secondly, what happened was necessary for the benefit of others, and also for the doctrine of grace making things better and better when situations are submitted to God in prayer to deal with.
God has a plan for you but hides the process
Maybe you are reading this article right now and are at the point of making a life-changing decision in your life. So you want to find God’s will on which way to take. Maybe it’s a course you want to read in the university or juggling between job opportunities.
First of all, patience is very crucial in making very significant decisions in life. So when you feel confused, give yourself more time. Time doesn’t change things but reveals them. Probably giving yourself more time will help you know what choice to make.
Patience is very crucial in making very significant decisions in life. So when you feel confused, give yourself more time. Time doesn’t change things but reveals them.
Aside from all these, I want you to know that God has a plan for you. Before you were formed in your mother’s womb, God knew you. That means that how you’ll live from day one till the day you die, or Jesus comes to meet you physically alive is in His mind. Therefore, nothing happening in your life right now is a surprise to Him. That is why when the scripture says in Philippians 4:6-7 (KJV) that,
[6] “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. [7] And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
you should be glad to hear that. Anxiety is a signal in the Spirit that you want to probe further into God’s plan for you in whichever situation you’re in. That is why when you pray, God fills your heart with peace first before giving you a solution. That solution He provides is just a part of His entire plan for your life He has made you aware of to take action on. You may be concerned about your whole life. But God needs you to focus on the next step.
God has a great plan for you, but He hides the process. He likes giving people (you and me inclusive) glimpses of His vision in their minds so that they won’t settle for less but more. But as to how He will help them to get there, there are several things you must learn, which can take you through many uncomfortable places in life.
Think about Joseph. God knew that one day, his family would bow before him. That means he will be in a very high position in future. But he allowed Joseph to get sold to the Ishmaelites by his own brothers, serve in Potiphar’s home as a slave and get thrown to prison over an injustice before helping him to become a prime minister. Why? So that his character and divine gift for that high position will get well built and harnessed. No matter how great God’s vision for your life is, you cannot skip His training process.
No matter how great God’s vision for your life is, you cannot skip His training process.
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God knows you’ll make mistakes
Because God knew us before we came into the world, He has always been aware of the mistakes we’d make beforehand. So He wired all of those things into His beautiful plan for each person’s life. For example, God knew Hezekiah needed fifteen more years to live to clear things up. Could it be that He sent Isaiah there to enact the king’s faith to pray, even if he (the king) had made a mistake not to pray about his situation?
Nothing merely happens. There is at least one reason why God allows some things to happen in your life. Your mistakes may be God’s way to send you into a new season in your life. But that doesn’t mean you must rush to do things you lack adequate divine knowledge about. As a matter of fact, it’s easy to say no to certain things in your life once you have a glimpse of where God is taking you. But there are points in life you may find it hard to connect your decisions to God’s purpose. At that time, trust God to make the right choice.
Never stop praying
Prayer is so good. It’s the divine way to grant heaven access to change things on Earth. That’s why Jesus said in Matthew 7:8 that the one who asks will receive. We live in an evil age, and the god of this world is the devil. One of his aims is to frustrate God’s plan for people’s lives. Imagine God having a bright future for a young man, but the devil has turned him to be a drug addict. That’s so off-track. You must know that it’s not everything that happens in your life that is connected to God’s will for you. And when you pray, insist on asking God to let His will be done for your life.
In conclusion, God’s will doesn’t change in a person’s life. Why? Because He knows everybody’s life from beginning to end. So nothing that happens or change of decisions surprises Him. It is just that we don’t know the details of our lives like He does. So when He does something we ask or do not expect Him to do, it looks new to us. Just pray because when you do, you’ll be able to access a portion of God’s entire plan for your life enough to help you move on to the next step.
You’re a blessing.
