World’s Best 14 Bible Verses About God’s Will

Update on December 15, 2019 by Pastor Jack Wellman

The Bible reveals God’s will for our lives, so to show this is true, here are the world’s best 14 Bible verses about God’s will.

And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

- Romans 8:27

Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you.

- John 17:7

And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.

- Mark 3:34-35

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

- Matthew 6:10

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;

- 1 Thessalonians 4:3

Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.

- 1 Peter 4:19

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

- Ephesians 5:17

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

- 1 Peter 3:17

Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man.

- Ephesians 6:5-7

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

- 1 John 2:16-17

For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor.

- 1 Thessalonians 4:2-4

For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.

- 1 Peter 2:15

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

- Romans 12:2

Total Quotes Found: 14

5 Stories From The Bible About God’s Will

Here are 5 stories from the Bible that speak about God’s will

The Father’s Will

Three times Jesus prayed, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will” (Matthew 26:39). He was sacrificing His own body so that we might be justified by His blood and saved by His atonement of the Passion. Aren’t we glad that He put the Father’s will ahead of what He wanted, that being the cup’s passing? We too must put the will of God ahead of our will, and that’s good anyway, since whatever happens to us will work out for our very best (Romans 8:28), even if it doesn’t look like it at the time.

Not His Own Will

Jesus came to down from heaven to do the will of the Father and not His own will. That doesn’t mean Jesus and the Father’s will were not the same thing. Only in the Garden did Jesus pray to have the cup removed, but He knew it was the will of the Father and He submitted to that will. He said as much in John 6:38, saying, “For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.” We too must be doing the will of the Father, being sent wherever He wills us to go. Let God’s will be our will.

Praying for God’s Will

Sometimes I get this wrong. I pray for my will to be done on earth as it should be in heaven instead of His will being done on earth as it’s already being done in heaven. Is all of the will of God being done in heaven? Positively, yes! Jesus told the disciples to pray that “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). Let’s make sure it’s His will we pray for and not our own. Our wills may not end well.

God’s Word and Will

A good way to know if what you’re being taught is sound or not, consider what Jesus said in John 7:17, where our Lord said, “If anyone’s will is to do God’s will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority” (John 7:17). Doing God’s revealed will in the Bible will help you discern truth from error, knowing “whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority,” and not from some man-centered authority.

The Persisting

God’s revealed will is that He desires that all should repent and believe (Mark 1:15). The Apostle Peter had been with Jesus and knew, “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). I pray that’s our will, now till the kingdom.

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