What is God’s will for my life? Where should I go to college? Whom should I marry? What career path should I choose? ... Should I eat three more brownies?

Determining God’s will for your life is something everyone struggles with. We tend to think, “If He would just tell me – just make it crystal clear, then I would follow.”

Thankfully, there are some guidelines to understanding God’s will in Scripture:

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18)

God our Savior wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. (1 Timothy 2:3–4)

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6: 8)

Over the years, doing my best to walk with God according to his will for my life, it has often seemed that God's instructions were written out on a scroll. The kind of scroll you imagine used back in Old Testament days. The problem is that I only get to see what’s written on the scroll little by little. It is opened up (painfully) slowly, inch by inch. He rolls it back in his time.

I suppose this is part of God’s great wisdom. If the whole scroll were revealed all at once, I’d be overwhelmed. I wouldn’t be ready, mature enough, or strong enough to handle it. Or worse than that, my faith would be lacking – not developed enough – to believe God would/could lead me through it all.

So, God gives us enough for today. “Give us today… our daily bread,” we pray. God, lead us as far as you choose today. The perfect amount to match the capacity of faith we have right now, to handle where (and how) you’re leading us.

When I learn to trust him for today, tomorrow seems possible.

There is such great value in hindsight. Looking back and realizing that God got me through challenges, obstacles and struggles before... knowing he will do it again.

God bless you!

Gary