"My son, keep your father's commandments, and forsake not your mother's teaching. Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck. When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you. For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of disciplines are the way of life" (Prov. 6:20-24, ESV).
How do determine to do the will of God? This passage offers us a good starting point for understanding how to determine the will of God. The first point we need to know when trying to determine the will of God is that we must know what God has commanded.
If we are to do the will of God, we must know what he has commanded us to do and what not to do. If we know that God says, "Be fruitful and multiply," then we don't really need to question whether or not we need to live a fruitful life. We have been commanded to be productive (and reproductive), so while we may have questions about how exactly that applies to our lives, we can have no doubts that it does apply to our lives. When God says, "You shall not lie," then we can know that God does not will for us to lie.
Thus, knowledge of the commandments liberates us to do the right things. The first step in doing God's will is doing what he has commanded. We must do what he says. As we walk in obedience, we will learn more of his will. In the future, we will look at the next two steps of doing God's will: walking in wisdom, and following our (sanctified) hearts.
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