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I had a friend in college who had their entire life planned out: first undergraduate studies; then Masters Degree, after which a great job; then marriage with two kids, a nice house and a couple of pets; after that, perhaps some doctoral studies. This Christian friend gave no consideration to the will of God in their life, and I assumed expected God to stamp the whole thing "Blessed" and to say "Have a nice life".
Much has been written and discussed about the question of God's will for our lives, and is sometimes made more complicated than it needs to be. I hear everything from "No one can know God's will to "Just say it and get it". To the one who loves his Heavenly Father, knowledge of His will is important because we want to please HIM. However, what we usually want to know is limited to something like this:
"What does God have for me in my life? Where should I go to school? What kind of job will I have / which job should I take, or to whom should I, or when should I marry?" (Nobody says "whom
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