Romans 12:1

"Therefore, I urge you, brothers in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is-his good, pleasing and perfect will."

We often labor over why God isn’t making his will clear to us, but we have to ask ourselves…How much time are we spending with him? What are we filling our minds with? Do we expect to have a revelation from God regarding his will for our lives when we are spending most of our time watching movies or tv shows that are full of the very things that are absolutely detestable to God? Do we think that by filling our minds with the world’s perspective we will gain insight into God’s perspective?

Paul tells us to offer our bodies as living sacrifices to God, to not conform to this world, and be transformed by the renewing of our minds…and THEN, we will be able to test and approve what God’s will is.

So instead of playing this mind game trying to figure out what God wants us to do, we need to start actually looking to God. Interesting concept, huh? We need to start serving God and living for him, and filling our minds with his word; transforming our minds so that we are seeing things more and more from an eternal perspective. Let us not look to the world for advice and direction, instead let’s look to the God of the universe and the creator of all things. Let’s allow His words consume our minds and dictate our thoughts. If, on a moment by moment basis, we are surrendering our lives to God, doing whatever he has placed on our hearts to do, and doing it with the strength that he provides and saying everything with the words that he gives us, then we can rest in peace knowing that God will direct our paths and lead us to where he wants us. We need to be taking simple steps of obedience, and as we do so, God will make himself clear in our lives.