What’s God’s Will For My Life?

College-age people are constantly looking for what God has in store for the rest of their life.  This age stage is filled with hope - hope of a successful career, marriage, family, freedoms, etc.  One of the most common questions they’re trying to answer is: what does God want me to do with my life?

Although there are healthy aspects to this question, there are also dangers.  Sometimes looking forward causes us to be discontent with today.  Other times wondering about what God will do in the future leads us to be unfaithful with what He’s called us to do today.  This is one of the biggest discipleship issues in college ministry!  Getting college-age people to focus on being faithful today is one of the most difficult things to accomplish.

But this is where we must focus!

Helping them find a career path isn’t our job.  Our job is to help them walk in faith, today.  Here are four questions I would suggest you ask those you meet with that are concerned about their life direction:

1. Do you think God cares about what job you have in the future?  Why?  Why not?
2. What do you think God is asking of you today?  
3. Are you being faithful to that?  If not you can ask: Well, what makes you think He’ll give you direction for your entire life if you’re not even being faithful today?
4. Do you think looking forward to the future causes you to lose site of today?