HOW TO KNOW THE WILL OF GOD.
By George Müller
1. To know the will of God, I must be sure to have no will of my own. This is of great importance. “The meek will he guide in judgment; the meek he will teach his way.” 2. God reveals his will through the Spirit, and this is in connection with the written Word. It is usually a revelation of principles, by which our way is guided. Some make a great deal of “impressions,” but there is great danger of error. The principles of scriptural truth are sure and safe. 3. Providential circumstances indicate God’s will. But these must be brought to the word of God, and not the word to the circumstances. If my lungs should be very weak, that circumstance, so far forth, would indicate that God did not wish me to use my voice in preaching, for I should be physically unfitted. 4. Add fervent prayer for guidance. 5. I am, then, to use my own best knowledge. Guided by these general principles, for forty-eight years I have never been obliged to retrace my steps. Sometimes I have lain on my face for hours in prayer to God, waiting for the revelation of his will. Sometimes I have waited six months before it seemed quite plain; but sometimes the way was clear in an hour, or less even. God is the same now as when Elijah lived. The great want of the church to-day is a realization of this fact.—Rev. George Müller.