Psalm 40:7-8
Then said, I, Behold, I come; in the volume of the book it is written of me; I delight to do Your will. O my God: yes, Your law is within my heart.
We will examine what hinders you from discerning God’s will.
THE MAIN THING IS THE CONDITION OF YOUR HEART!
The will of God is connected with what’s in the heart.
Jesus was obedience in his heart to do the will of God.
Our heart and the will is connected.
It will be how we obey the promptings to do his will.
Ephesians 6:5
Servants (slaves), be obedient to those who are your physical masters, having respect for them and eager concern to please them, in singleness of motive and with all your heart as [service] to Christ [Himself].
Condition of heart is in direct relation to the will of God.
Col. 3:22-24
Servants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not only when their eyes are on you as pleasers of men, but in simplicity of purpose [with all your heat] because of your reverence for the Lord and as sincere expression of your devotion to Him.
Whatever may be your task work at it heartily, as something done for the Lord and not for men.
Knowing with all certainty that it is from the Lord and not from men that you will receive the inheritance which is your real reward. The One Whom you are actually serving is the Lord, Christ The Messiah.
Whatever we do we must have the right heart condition.
Spiritual discernment in knowing God’s will comes from a clean heart.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us come forward and draw near with true honest and sincere hearts in unqualified assurance and absolute conviction engendered by faith by that leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness, having our hearts sprinkled and purified from a guilty evil conscience and our bodies cleansed with pure water.
Our heart and conscious is co-related.
If our consciousness (purity of heart) is clear, then our discernment will be clear as the sky.
The clarity of our discernment depends on the condition of our heart.
Psalm 16:7
The counsel of the Lord was related to the heart.
Proverbs 20:5
Divine guidance is a matter of the heart.
Deuteronomy 30:11-14
That is why many of you need to go to prophet to get directions; check your heart condition out.
Whatever you want to seek from God is already in your heart.
Mark 12:17
They wanted to confront Jesus on a question of financial matter. Jesus said – give to Caesar what is Caesar’s; give to God what is God’s.
In understanding this go to verse 1 and read the story. Parable of the wicked vine dresser. Verse 10 – Chief cornerstone – Christ. I Peter 2:6 (talks about cornerstone). Central point – death of Jesus from wicked men.
When Jesus Christ lay down his life and redeem us from sin – we don’t belong to our self but to God through the blood of Jesus.
Render to Caesar – Caesar.
Render to God – God.
We belong to God.
The things that are God’s is returned to God – tithing. Can be resolved if we have surrendered our heart to the Lord.
The money doesn’t belong to you, but the Lord and you will handle money differently if you understand this truth.
II Cor. 8:2,5
Macedonia church gave out of their poverty; they have a generous spirit to give.
If we give ourselves to God – then God has our money. The will of God in this matter of money will be an issue.
Once your heart is settled, you will only serve one.
The state of our inner being is where we can make the right choices. Our heart must be right with God.
Mark 10:21-24
His heart was not right. He did not have clear direction.
Mark 12:18
They ask Jesus guidance on:
a. Finances
b. Marriage
v. 27 (also see Luke 20:38 -- … for all who live to Him)
Romans 14:7-10
Our soul purpose of life is to live for God.
If we are living for the Lord, we know the answer.
We are married to the Lord.
V. 27 – The moment we settle the issue of Jesus in our heart, the discerning of God’s will is clear.
Why is the heart such a crucial matter in discerning God’s will for your life?
Because you don’t have wisdom without it to guide you.
Job 36:35
Wisdom – “leb” – heart
God is mighty and have the heart kind of wisdom.
Proverbs 11:12
God’s wisdom cannot function in a wrong heart. The wisdom is of the heart.
The foundation of all guidance lies in the condition of the heat.
Right heart – right wisdom.
Wisdom from God cannot be deposited in a wrong heart.
Prerequisite to know will of God lies in having right kind of heart.
Psalm 51:6-7
How do we have the right kind of heart (v. 7).
Only when a heart is clean by blood can the will of God or wisdom of God be deposited.
Jeremiah said 18 times God refers to wrong condition of heart.
Uncircumcised heart
Evil heart
They were misdirected because of an unclean heart.
I Kings 15:5
You must do right in your heart.
I Kings 3:16
Once you understand the heart must be clean, you do not need a spectacular leading to understand the will of God or divine guidance in any situation.
Your own heart will have the answer because it is clean.
Col. 2:2
We must also pay attention to the tone of the heart.
Job 30:27-31
Mourn v. 28 (heart was depressed)
v. 31
Isaiah 16:11 The inner part (heart) can be like a heart.
When the heart is not in tune, we cannot properly discern the will.
Even in physical, if something is wrong in our heat, it has a murmur or does not beat properly.
When we have the song of the Lord in our heart, we are able to discern the leading of the Lord. That is why worship is so important to get our heart in tune.
Once our heart is in the right condition, then we are ready to follow the promptings or leading of the Holy Spirit.
One way to discern the leading of the Lord is by the desire of our heart!
Mark 11:24 – desire brings about the fulfillment of whatever God has in our life.
Job 31:25 wants the Lord to answer him
Desire is like a seed of revelation for the future. You must locate the right desire and have the right heart to know the right future.
i.e. plant orange seed get orange seed
Daniel 2 – King Nebuchannezer wanted to know the future
The right kind of desire is the seed of revelation for your future.
Through a desire, we are able to discern the will of God.
Judges 5:15,16 his heart was not right before the Lord.
How to discern will of God – promptings of Love (Col. 2:2-3)
Within the heart of man, if we can understand the love, we can discern the leading of God.
Job 31:17
Heb 1l:22
When we have a true heart one that has been cleansed, washed by the water of Word and blood, we will have full assurance of faith. When we have a true heart, we have assurance that we know this is the right way to bee led.
Pray for right condition of heart!
God expresses His desire that His people hearken to His promptings. Psalm 18:8-10
