More on Finding God's Will

Just ran across this quote on George Grant's blog - it is from Augustine:

“Love God, and then do what you like.” Confessions

I thought this was a good quote to summarize some of the things alot of us have been saying about finding the will of God.

Bottom line - God's will for us is summarized in Matthew 22:37-39 (Great Commandment). Following this, it is ok for a Christian to make decisions for himself or herself.

Hey, here's a good topic for discussion - is indecision a virtue, a sin, or something neutral? I know the answer is going to be "sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't," but aren't those who are waiting around for a "word from God" abandoning their own responsibilities for responsible decision making? Just a thought.

In case you haven't been following the discussion here's some blogs that have talked about this:

My thoughts were first piqued by this entry at Rusty Lopez's New Covenant Blog.

I wrote on this topic here.

Rusty followed up here.

Parablemania addresses it here.

Rebecca Writes has posts on finding the will of God here and here.

And, Messy Christian wrestles with the issue here.