What is God's Will for you?

It depends. Are you a believer in Jesus the Christ? Is he your Lord? Does he consume your thoughts and desires? Then God's will for you is different than his will for a non-believer.

For non-believers God's will is eternal destruction. Eternal separation from his presence and satisfaction in seeing them suffer.

Whoa! Where did that come from?! Isn't God a God of love?

God isn't just a love god, God is love. It consumes his entire being. All of God is love. There is not one part that isn't saturated by and controlled by love. God is perfect love. God is omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent. In each aspect, he is love.

However, he is also just and holy. He saves and blesses his flock with his grace and mercy. He provides salvation to his children. Jesus said it this way in John 10:27 and 28, My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.

So, God's will for his sheep is salvation. His will for the goats is destruction. It's that simple.

I know I know. It's not that simple. However, I believe that in God's eyes, it is that simple. There will be many questions that surface during this conversation. And there needs to be many answers to most of them. Some answers will remain out of our reach because they belong only to our loving God.

You might say, "if this is how God demonstrates his love, then I don't want to have anything to do with him!" And he may just leave you alone and let you meet your eternal end in his perfect destruction. I pray that your response will be different, and that you will become a part of his precious flock.

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