How To Know God’s Will For Your Life

At some point, every believer asks the same relevant question: “How do you find God’s will?” We can press even deeper by asking, “How can I know God’s perfect will for my life?”

Like most dedicated Christians, we want our lives to count for God. Therefore, in seeking God’s will for your life, you want more than activity or busyness; you want real purpose.

Hebrews 9 helps to point us in the right direction. You’ll notice this chapter focuses on ancient worship practices, covering the tabernacle furnishings and sacrifices.

Yet beneath those details rests a powerful truth about how God works. We see a glimpse of how He prepares His people and how He reveals His will.

That is why the Tabernacle and everything in it, which were copies of things in heaven, had to be purified by the blood of animals. But the real things in heaven had to be purified with far better sacrifices than the blood of animals. Hebrews 9:23

The tabernacle stood as a visible copy of heavenly realities. Every curtain, piece of furniture, and sacred article followed God’s precise design.

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Nothing remained random or rested on human preference. He gave no one permission for artists to take creative privileges. God cared deeply about how His dwelling place reflected His holiness.

That same God still cares about how our lives reflect His purposes. This Epistle to the Hebrews reminds us that the tabernacle mirrored something greater.

The earthly pointed to the heavenly. The temporary pointed to the eternal. God never acted casually with His plans, and He still doesn’t.

When Moses oversaw the construction of the Tabernacle and its furnishing, He obeyed God’s specifications. He avoided guessing on any of the measurements because each one mattered.

God Equips Us to fulfill His Will

Even more striking than the specs, Moses didn’t have a say in who would build the tabernacle. God did, because He not only designed the work but also selected the craftsmen to do it.

Look, I have specifically chosen Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. I have filled him with the Spirit of God, giving him great wisdom, ability, and expertise in all kinds of crafts. Exodus 31:2-3

God called Bezalel by name. He filled him with His Spirit. He gave him wisdom, ability, and expertise. Bezalel didn’t volunteer for the job, and Moses didn’t recruit him. God chose him.

Prior to this calling, Bezalel probably had a knack for creating art. The Lord had prepared him for this appointment. According to Exodus, the Lord also appointed some others.

And I have personally appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, to be his assistant. Moreover, I have given special skill to all the gifted craftsmen so they can make all the things I have commanded you to make. Exodus 31:6

God seldom works through one person alone. He surrounded Bezalel with others whom he had prepared. These craftsmen probably developed their skills over years of faithful practice.

Bezalel didn’t wake up one morning suddenly knowing how to work with precious metals, gemstones, and wood. He learned those skills long before God called him to build the tabernacle.

God often reveals His will through the abilities and passions He has already planted in us. A skilled pianist didn’t sit at the piano one day and instantly perform with excellence.

Years of practice shaped that ability. God uses discipline, repetition, and growth. We overlook this because we expect God’s will to arrive as an announcement rather than a steady unfolding.

How Can We Know God’s Perfect Will

God’s will rarely starts with visibility; instead, it often starts with preparation. The Lord develops skills in us before He reveals how He plans to use them.

Those skills may not connect to full-time ministry. He may equip you to minister through your vocation or another type of service. He may give you the gift of influence to use in quiet places.

Think about your own life. Perhaps you’ve developed a passion that didn’t even exist five or ten years ago. God may have been shaping that desire long before you noticed it.

He equips us with purpose, but He also calls us to steward what He gives. Sometimes we resist that process. We dismiss certain abilities as insignificant, or we compare ourselves to others.

In either case, we end up waiting for something “more spiritual” before we act. When that happens, we often miss God’s will, thereby delaying its fulfillment in our lives.

Yet, Hebrews 9 reminds us that God values preparation. Keep in mind the specifics of each piece of the tabernacle furnishings. They mattered because they served a holy purpose.

Likewise, our lives also serve a holy purpose through Christ. God specifically created each of us. Even though we may look and act differently, we have one major thing in common.

Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. Psalm 139:13-14

Christ Opens the Way to God’s Will

Up until Jesus came and lived, died, and rose again, we had no hope or purpose whatsoever. He, however, opened the way for us to enter into God’s presence and fulfill His will for us.

For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with human hands, which was only a copy of the true one in heaven. He entered into heaven itself to appear now before God on our behalf. Hebrews 9:24

Jesus’ sacrifice didn’t need repetition. His blood cleansed us so we could serve God. Because of Christ, we don’t search for God’s will from a distance; we draw near to Him with confidence.

Apply God’s Will for Your Life

Knowing God’s will begins with knowing Christ. From that relationship flows clarity, obedience, and direction.
Reflect on the abilities God has developed in you.
Write them down and thank Him for each one.
Ask how and where your skills might serve His purposes more fully.
Commit to growing what He has already placed in you, trusting that obedience reveals direction one step at a time.

Lord, we praise you for the skills, talents, and passions you have given us. Help us develop them faithfully and use them for your glory. Lead us into fulfilling God’s will through Christ.

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Lord, we give you praise for our skills, talents, and passions. Help us to develop them and use them for your glory.