Yet, the folks within the signs and wonders movement will tell you they are led by God daily, that they know and understand what His will is for them, and that He works His will in and through them as evidenced by those signs and wonders. This is their normal and they believe it should be the normal for all Christians.

However, as introduced in our most recent article, Christians need to rethink the way we contemplate and seek God’s will. We noted that our theology – what we believe about God – informs our thinking and decisions when it comes to His will. Unfortunately, all too often, Christians seem not to know what the Bible teaches regarding His will or how to biblically discern it, so these same Christians (and we’ve all been there), will fall back on superstitious ways of trying to divine His will.

The bottom line is that if we fail to read, study, and memorize His Word, we will be operating under our own energy and wisdom, which often amounts to nothing. Because of that we will tend to create situations that will likely fall under the category of “wood, hay, and stubble” (1 Corinthians 3:12-13), when we stand before our Lord at the BEMA Seat of Judgment.

We also mentioned how often we Christians use the wrong verbiage regarding God’s will for our lives. We often speak of “finding” or “discovering” His will as though God wants to keep it secret from us. The biblical truth is that this does not appear to be the case. If not, then why do so many Christians seem to believe that He is stingy in revealing that will? We wind up turning ourselves into pretzels at times doing whatever we can to come up with the right combination of words or actions that will ultimately release knowledge of God’s will to us.

There is actually a much better way, a far more biblical way; a way that, with continued practice and commitment, will allow us to learn God’s will far more naturally. We referred to Dr. Bruce Waltke and his book, Finding the Will of God in our last article. In this article, we’ll explain a few more of the concepts he covers regarding discerning God’s will.

There are no instances of seeking or finding God’s will after Acts 1:24, in which the disciples drew lots to select Matthias as a replacement for Judas. There are dreams, visions, and revelations after this, but never in the context of seeking God’s will. It is not divination, seeking to probe the divine mind, but revelation given by God to His people. After Pentecost there is no instance of the church seeking God’s will through any of the forms of divination listed [previously in Walthe’s book]

…God’s method of revealing His mind with regard to specific choices in a perplexing situation before Pentecost are not normative for the church. Apart from the lot in Acts 1, the church lacks both prescriptive and perceptual warrant in the New Testament. [1]

From this point, Waltke moves onto discuss what he believes is the truly biblical way in which all Christians should walk in God’s will. Waltke believes that God Himself has provided a “…six-point program of supervised care in directing His elect.” Waltke also believes the order in which we follow these six steps is...