God's Will -- Psalm 40

Decision Making and The Will of God, I suppose I am a bit surprised to find that book is still available on Amazon.com. That book was all the rage years ago, almost too many years to mention. It was the manual for determining God's will for one’s life. Most of the people in my circle of friends read it and practiced the principles it laid out. I am sure today they are still in the center of God's will. If only…

There is probably not anything more troubling for me than that particular principle -- discovering God's will. Not so much on the grand scale of things, but on the more daily, regular cycle of the mundane. I suspect that I spend a disproportionate amount of time mulling over the “what” and “when” and not enough time with the “who” of it all, that I get confused and disoriented, mainly because I am a now –type personality. Struggling with patience has produced more bruises than I care to count. Therefore, this confusion will most likely not resolve itself any time soon, like now, for example.

Does God really care whether I wear briefs or boxers? Drive a red truck or black? Is He shaking His head about our Lubbock house, saying to Himself “If you would have only listened and done “this” that would have all been taken care of by now.” Except I have no idea what that “this” was or might have been. Or, is it all just playing itself out?

Perhaps it’s best if I just set this kind of musing aside and get busy working.

May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, “Great is the LORD!” As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God. (Psalm 40.16-17)