As a child of God, believers do not have to go around life wandering in a wilderness with no guide. Instead, the above verse shows us that God promises to guide the believer who is not only willing to be guided but also obedient.

Before He will guide and show you the will of God, He asks that you be doing what He commands in His Word. His Word is plain but it requires that you read it daily and be surrendered to Him. In most cases, He wants you to take His Word at face value and just do it with His help – particularly those things in the New Testament.

In these verses, God mentions the horse and mule. He tells us not to be like them because they have to be forced to go in certain directions. They cannot do so willingly because they do not know what the rider wants. God does not want to have to force you to obey Him.

Christians, however, have the Spirit and the Word to guide us – but we must choose to do what we know He wants us to do. We cannot expect Him to show us steps C, D, and E until we have first followed Him in steps A and B.

He will not show you His will so you can check it out and see if you want to do it or not. Instead, when you are willing to do what He wants because of love and trust, He will show you His will for your life when He is ready.

Do you really want to know the will of God? Are you doing today what He wants you to?