How do you know if something you want or desire is in God’s will for your life?

let’s say you trust God for something specific in your life and you know that it is something good and positive and in accordance to the Bible.

For example: You might trust God for financial provision, a good job or independence, and it doesn’t happen. The question then comes to you “Is it God’s will for my life?”

Someone recently asked me this question: “I know that God wants to bless us all the time, in our finances, in our health and in everything we do. But the problem is that very often people talk about God’s will and how a lot of people in the bible were poor and suffering and they were people that loved God, for example Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31. Was it God’s plan for Lazarus to be poor and sick?”

First let me say that we are encouraged to pray and believe for anything, whether it is something we want or need:

Mark 11:23-24
Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! and does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him. For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you, and you will [get it].

Philippians 4:6
Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.

Mathew 6:8
… for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

We have been created by God as co-creators on earth. This means that we will have the natural desire to always seek increase in our lives. One of the most common causes for depression is the fact that people have lost their vision for the future. They have accepted as fact in their minds the idea that their future holds no increase or change of circumstances for them. They have lost hope and feel stuck in what see and experience around them.

Sometimes, we might not receive what we ask for immediately. The reason is that we are on earth for the purpose of learning, growing and maturing our soul lives. We need to work on our motives and soul growth first to qualify and be ready for some of the things we ask for, but eventually, we will receive what we have asked for if we keep on believing and working in the natural to develop the opportunities presented to us from a higher Influence in order to make it happen. Many believe they can ask for anything and God will just supply it while they are sitting back and passively watching the horizon for the thing to appear from nowhere out of heaven, and if it doesn’t happen, they will say “It was not God’s will that I should not receive it” or “God said ‘No’”.

As we grow in soul maturity, spirit knowledge, and faith, we will find that our needs and wants become Kingdom directed. In other words, our motives, ideals and what we desire or have obtained by materialistic means, become subservient to our higher calling as co-creative souls with the creative Spirit of God. As we get attuned to God and come in line with God’s will, we then start to see provision, healing and blessings flow into your life as we adhere to one principle that is the most important pivotal spiritual key to a life of increase and success.

Everything you do in life, your work, your riches, independence, all should be directed to bring you into the right circumstances so that you can best utilize your God-given talents and abilities to expand and co-create with the Spirit of God with the purpose to expand the Kingdom of God on earth. The kingdom of God is first established and increased in your own life, your family and then in the lives of others that come in contact with you.
This is the ultimate key to success and increase, and specifically on a materialistic level if you objectively read this scripture within context:

Mathew 6:33 But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.

These are incredible powerful verses we find in the Bible, and if it doesn’t work in your life, the fault is not with God or His promises, it is to be found within your own mind, your attitudes, your believes, your words and your actions. For any miracle or supernatural interference to manifest in the physical, our thoughts, words and actions must be in agreement. This is how faith for the supernatural is released to produce miracles.

The presence of God in you will increase in your life in all aspects and you become a co-creator with God, empowered to ultimately manifest His kingdom in this three-dimensional realm by means of the spiritual gifts resulting in miracles, signs and wonders as Jesus has demonstrated so wonderfully.

Meditate for a moment on these verses in the Bible:

Mathew 18:19 Again I tell you, if two of you on earth agree (harmonize together, make a symphony together) about whatever [anything and everything] they may ask, it will come to pass and be done for them by My Father in heaven.

Mark 11:24 For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you, and you will [get it].

John 14:12-14 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father

And I will do [I Myself will grant] whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], so that the Father may be glorified and extolled in (through) the Son.

[Yes] I will grant [I Myself will do for you] whatever you shall ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM].

John 15:7 If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.

John 16:23 … I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that My Father will grant you whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM].

1John 3:22 And we receive from Him whatever we ask, because we [watchfully] obey His orders [observe His suggestions and injunctions, follow His plan for us] and [habitually] practice what is pleasing to Him.

1John 5:15 And if (since) we [positively] know that He listens to us in whatever we ask, we also know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted us as our present possessions] the requests made of Him.

This spiritual power will not be released into your life before your soul (conscious mind) has not adapted and accepted as the highest law, the principles of the law of the Spirit (the highest law of the Spirit of God is love). Spiritual “head knowledge” or even knowing and practicing religious doctrine, is powerless if spiritual revelation is not meditated upon (Psalm 1) until it is the ruling and controlling knowledge in our higher, spiritual mind (the subconscious) and you are constantly progressing into greater harmony and “in tune” with God’s “mind and thoughts” (God’s will). Meditation and prayer brings us into oneness with the Father Spirit.

People who claim that it is God’s will for some to be rich and others not, or some to be healed and others not, should then explain if all these Bible passages are lies. If God lies, then He is not divine and He cannot be trusted at all.

Jesus said: “ I only do the will of my Father” – John 5:30

Did Jesus heal all the sick that came to him in faith – YES

Jesus said: “I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).” John 10:10

Do you believe it for all aspects of your life, spirit, soul and body?
You can take the following scripture to your heart for provision in spirit, soul and body:

2Corinthians 8:9
For you are becoming progressively acquainted with and recognizing more strongly and clearly the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (His kindness, His gracious generosity, His undeserved favor and spiritual blessing), [in] that though He was [so very] rich, yet for your sakes He became [so very] poor, in order that by His poverty you might become enriched (abundantly supplied).

Let us look at the case of Lazarus, the poor beggar, lying at the entrance of a rich man’s house in Luke 16:19-31

In this passage the story is told to contrast between the rich and healthy man, and the poor, sick Lazarus. Now what is the actual message of this passage of scripture?

1. To tell us that all rich men go to hell and all poor fellows go to heaven? No, Jesus is teaching the people that the condition of the heart, your spirit, and soul determines where you will end up. This is in contrast with what many on earth might view as success. Jesus is using this contrast between the false security in earthly riches and the meek and humble true nature of a man’s heart to bring the message over. The message is not against riches, but the fallen state of a man’s heart in contrast with his seemingly successful earthly life.
2. To tell us that it is God’s will for some to be rich and others to be poor and sick?
   This is even more ridiculous as nothing is mentioned in this passage that Jesus might have walked passed this sick man who was asking for healing, and then Jesus would have said: “No, it’s not the Father’s will for you to be healed, stay sick so that God can use your story to show that people who are sick and poor should be contempt with their situation”

So why was Lazarus sick and poor all his life? The Bible doesn’t say because Jesus told this story to emphasize the fact that we are saved, not by earthly status and splendour, but by the ways of our hearts, by faith and living for His kingdom by demonstrating God’s love towards others. What I do know is that there are other scriptures that directly address the issues of healing and abundant living. We don’t have to refer to a scriptural piece that in essence has nothing to do with the concept of poverty, riches or health, to try and prove something that contradicts the rest of scripture.

There are numerous other Bible scriptures that clearly and directly spells out God’s will for us to be healed and to increase in abundance, in fact, Jesus clearly states that this is the reason He came to earth; to show us the way into victory and abundant living by God’s grace while on earth. Grace is what we can obtain by faith. Math 6:33, John 10:10, Isa: 61:1, Luke 4:18, 1 Peter 2:24

If you have ever wondered what God’s will is, look at what Jesus did and taught. He demonstrated the perfect will of the Father. He healed all the sick and never lacked to pay for anything. He even increased food and withdraw money from the mouth of a fish when the money bag was not at hand. He also walked on water, calmed the storm and made wine from water and performed many other supernatural miracles.

Why are some good folks sick and/or poor in this life? Well, one passage states the following: So that God’s glory and love can be demonstrated through the miracles of healing and/or blessings. One example is the story of a man born blind, the disciples suggested all sorts of reasons for the man’s blindness, but Jesus said something very important:

John 9:3-4
Jesus answered, It was not that this man or his parents sinned, but he was born blind in order that the workings of God should be manifested (displayed and illustrated) in him.
We must work the works of Him Who sent Me and be busy with His business while it is daylight; night is coming on, when no man can work.

This is a clear example that it is God’s will to demonstrate His love through healing miracles. Shouldn’t we also demonstrate the same deeds of love and power in the lives of those in need?

John 15:16 You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you [I have planted you], that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting [that it may remain, abide], so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], He may give it to you.

Well, to do that we also need to get ourselves healed and blessed in the process, don’t we?

So why are not all our prayers answered to heal the sick or receive what we want?

The answer is a simple one in my opinion:
Because we don’t walk on water yet like Jesus.

Why don’t we walk on water yet?
Because of our lack faith as Jesus has so many times pointed out to His disciples.

Why are we lacking in faith?

Because we don’t spent the time Jesus has spent in the presence of His Father every day and from youth to meditate and learn about the things of the Spirit (See also Psalm 1). We don’t enter into the “Secret Place of the Most High” (Psalm 91) where we can receive this faith, provision, blessings and protection and live a supernatural life as promised in this most powerful Psalm describing the supernatural life. On a soul level, we are not fully developed yet, we are trying to accomplish things in our own power and by our earthly intellect instead of believing we can walk on water, heal the sick, calm the storm, increase food, change water into wine etc. etc.

Our spirits can be perfectly saved through spiritual re-birth and becomes perfect and one with God’s Spirit. Our souls are saved through the process of the washing by the Word of God that we obtain be reading and meditating God’s Word. Only then can we start to apply these principles in our daily lives. We should buy out time in God’s presence to receive revelation and spiritual impartation.

To hide our own lack of spiritual power and shortcomings on a soul level, many would say that it is God’s will for this person not to be healed, or its God’s will that I am poor, or it is God’s will that this calamity has killed so many people.

Whenever I pray for someone and that person is not healed, I look into my own soul, and I can clearly see many reasons why I have failed… for if everyone was instantly healed, I would probably stop learning and developing on a soul level, I might even become boastful and my own ego might be become too big for me and others to handle. But thank God for the miracles I do experience so many times!

Every time I fail on a spiritual level, I go back to God, dissatisfied with myself and my lack of spiritual development, and then I try again, I seek for more revelation, I learn… and I grow in spiritual power.

Jesus said: I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father. (John 14:12)

This is God’s will, for you and I; to grow in spiritual power and to live the same powerful life that Jesus was able to live on earth!

Ask, seek and knock to enter into God’s presence!

To help you in your soul journey to grow in God’s power, I have written this very comprehensive study based on the revelations and practical examples whereby I have tested and proved for myself, each and every principle over the span of more than twenty years. This is a book about miracles, signs and wonders and how to make them happen – Entrance to Power.

Entrance to Power