The Will of God for a Student

very often young people college students high school students come to me and they say i really want to do the will of god i really want to know god now how do you get there you know they think i'm way up here on some kind of a pedestal that they've got to struggle to get to and how did i get there and i try to show them that i'm still right down here in kindergarten struggling the same way they are but you do the next thing that god is telling you to do and i say to them are you a student the answer is yes okay i say i can tell you what the will of god for a student is it's to study now they didn't want to hear that they want me to tell them something spiritual and i say look quit plagiarizing quit cheating quit putting off till the night before the exam you're studying write the paper do the assignment clean your room be nice to your roommate that's how you get to know god you do it for his sake and if they say to me well but i need to know which college to go to and i've been asking god for guidance about this and i have to know by next march and this is october and i don't know yet so how am i going to know and my answer usually is god has something for you to do in october that doesn't look to you as though it has anything to do with next march it might be write a letter to your mother this week it might be make an apology to your roommate you see that's i think what jesus is talking about right here the one who does what i say will be loved by my father and i will love him and disclose myself to him another verse in the next chapter jesus said if you heed my commands you will dwell in my love now what is dwelling in his love if it's not learning to know god you will dwell in my love as i have heeded my father's commands and dwell in his love what was the secret of the union between the son and the father obedience obedience obedience the most practical way to get to know god the only way as far as i know trust and obey for there's what does it say no other way

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Length: 2min 33sec (153 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 17 2020