Church Voices

One of the most important questions a Christian can ask his or herself is “What is God’s will for me?” The number of books written on this subject by popular Christian authors such as Charles Swindoll and John MacArther reveals that the many lay Christians are either asking or interested in the question.¹ The vast majority of self-help style books that fill Christian bookstores to the brim, I’d be willing to bet, are likely to have a chapter devoted to the question. I want to suggest that the answer to the question is painfully clear. “If it is so clear”, you might ask, “then why do so many Christians find themselves at a loss as to how to answer it?” Part of what makes the question so knotty is its ambiguity. What exactly is the question? What do we mean by “God’s will” or “the will of God” when we ask it of our lives?

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