"God's will" is a generic phrase that nearly all Christians would agree is important to consider when evaluating our Christian life. But, the Bible provides specific principles that, when applied, drastically emphasize the difference between how a non-believer lives and how a believer should live. These principles define God's will for us. All of these Biblical principles are derived from the "greatest commandment," namely to love God with all your heart, and to love your neighbor as yourself. Again, we run into the issue of the generic nature of what it means to love God and to love others. But loving God with all our hearts creates a foundational paradigm from which other principles emerge: glorifying God in everything we do, our desire for holiness, and even the principle of stewardship. As we more specifically define these terms and ideas from a Biblical perspective, living as a believer takes on a whole new meaning. |
