The Not So Distant Will of God

1And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there.
2And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
-John 2:1-2

Most teens see the "will of God" as meaning "what my career will be someday in the distant future". Someday, you'll want to know what God's will is, or someday God will reveal it to you. This faulty reasoning started somewhere very much outside the Word of God. Rarely, if ever, does God deal with His will for us years down the road. The times that He does reveal a future, He is speaking miraculously during a time His Word was not yet completed in it's written form. That's not going to happen to you. The Word of God is completed, and everything you need to know is in there.

The will of God isn't something for tomorrow. It's you and God right now. Honestly, God's not as worried about what you're going to do when your 30 as He is about having a relationship with you right now.

Two reasons teens don't find God's will:
1. Teens who care don't understand how to find it.
2. Teens who don't care, don't care because they were never introduced to the God of now.

Notice the above passage. Jesus went to a wedding. What about His great mission? Take time to go to a wedding 70 miles from home? Who's got the time? Jesus wasn't focused on what tomorrow held. Jesus did what was meant for Him today, and today's schedule held a wedding. Jesus knew that if He did today what He was supposed to do, tomorrow would put Him where he was supposed to be, doing what He was supposed to be doing.

The will of God isn't about finding, it's about being ready when it comes.

So how do I get ready for God's will?
1. Do today what you already know you're supposed to do.
2. Understand that the will of God isn't for tomorrow it's for today.
3. The will of God isn't a career in the future, it's knowing and walking with Him right now.
4. God wants to you to want Him like He wants you.
5. Submitting to the Spirit will make you begin walking and living the way God wants you to. Submit by praying to Him throughout the day and turning your will over to Him.
6. Miss out on how good God is to you, and you miss everything.

How good is God? Read some of the New Testament. Find out how much of God's goodness you've never noticed.