Kindred,
How do you match the Lord's will?
Perhaps we should first discuss what not to do to not match.
"...lean not unto thine own understanding."
- Proverbs 3:5
Therefore, try to discern the Lord's understanding. Practice discernment. Do not let the ignorant or manipulative, dissuade or suspense you from using your mind (to connect to truth and to the Lord).
Do not have "dull minds". -Matthew 13:15
Therefore, try to breathe the life of the Holy Spirit into your thoughts. Find positive learning experiences (learn languages, music, culture, art…..). Most of all, learn how to be a better person.
Do not give footholds to sin(s); and if sinned root out sin(s) in the process of redemption (from the confession of sin(s), remorse, repentance and atonement).
Therefore, work on the root causes of why you would stray and serve two masters.
For example, why someone would crave power and control, due to what kind of fears and insecurities or why give into temptation, due to fear of loneliness and inability to connect to Holy Spirit and humanity.
"It is not what goes into your mouth that makes you unclean; rather what comes out of it that makes you unclean…
Anything that goes into your mouth goes into your stomach and then out of your body.
But the things that come out of your mouth come from your heart, and these are the things that make you ritually unclean."
-Matthew 15:11, 17-18
Therefore, keep your thoughts, words and deeds positive, because if uncleanness of temptations and sins reaches your heart and corrupts your soul you will never see the Lord or reach Heaven's Gate, let alone match the will of the Lord.
"The way that can be named is not the way."
- Lao Tzu
Therefore, you have to find your own path to the Lord and salvation (as long as it is on the Lord's holy playground and not unholy graveyards).
How do you match the Lord's will?
