UGW #3: God's Will is a Verb
Understanding God's Will #3: What Scriptural support is there for the idea that “His Will” is synonymous with what He desires from us and for us (what He wants us to do), and is not the same thing as His plans for us? First of all, I do think that “His Will” also relates to His plans for us, in addition to what He desires from us and for us. But it does not refer to some pre-set, fixed plan that we have to find or (contrary to Calvinism) one that will happen no matter what. “His Will” has more to do with the plans that He desires for us, plans that happen if we walk in obedience. Calvinism says that everything that happens does so because God pre-planned it that way. Everything that happens is "His Plan, His Will," planned in advance and then carried out by Him. But Calvinists misunderstand what "His Will" means. Let's look briefly at 1 Samuel 13:13-14 . In this passage, God says (through the prophet Samuel) that He would have established King Saul&