SEEKING GOD'S WILL

Colossians 1:10
Gaining Perspective on Priorities
"So that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please
Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing
in the knowledge of God" (Colossians 1:10 nasb).

10Sa gayon, makakapamuhay na kayo nang karapat-dapat at

kalugud-lugod sa Panginoon, sasagana sa lahat ng uri ng mabubuting
gawa, at lalawak ang inyong pagkakilala sa Diyos (MBB)

Most people have really messed up their lives by making wrong

priorities. They are told this and that are important. So after making
a list of the important aspects of their lives, they make a colossal
mistake. They place the most important ones at the top of the list in
hierarchal ordering. Many of us are not conscious of this process
even though it has to do with our major life decisions! But still these
lists are made.

The reason for these lists is to help people deal with conflict. School
is more important than work; family more important than some
types of work; God is more important than all of them, etc.

One might wonder why this is completely wrong. We simply point

you to the diagram below.
Reasons for God-oriented Priorities
1) First of all, God is not just another priority. He is not just at the
top of the list. As the Organizer of our lives, we live to please
Him and we need to work on a program on how to properly and
effectively deal with the different responsibilities that we have in
life. God in facts touches upon everything to do with life. Secular
living has us compartmentalize God into a category called spiritual
or religious. As soon as we do this, then we have other areas that
are not influenced by God. This is the backdrop of secular living and
is very dangerous.

2) The second important aspect of this verse and its diagram is that
God wants to be part of each area of our lives. We will see that
each one of us has different responsibilities in life. These are
determined by our relationships, training, service and work. God
wants to be involved in each area. We need to cultivate a spirit of
prayer so that we might have God really help us in each of these
areas.

3) Lastly, we should realize that God wants to work through us

to bear fruit. He wants to make us successful (in His perspective).
When our lives are pleasing to Him, we are able to live in such a
way in each area of life to bring glory to Him.
4) When we begin to look to Him for help in these different areas of
life, then we begin to see His help and increase in our
knowledge and confidence of God.

Other thoughts

The most urgent and important aspect about seeking God's

will is to make Him the center of our lives. We might have
many challenging aspects about life, but we need to acknowledge
He is the most important. We live God-oriented lives. As someone
said, He takes first place in life and there is no second or third place
that compares with Him.

The challenge then is twofold.

 1) Be open and welcome Him to explore all the areas of

your life even the ones you are not aware of.

 2) When He takes you up on your invitation and touches upon

sensitive areas of your life, trust Him. He always does things
wisely and will start off gently changing you at first. If we are
stubborn, this prolongs the good changes and makes our
situation more difficult. We should go along with Him without
worry.

God's will is absolutely perfect and good. Dedicate your whole life to
Him and His purpose for your life!