To ascertain the Lord's will, we ought to use scriptural means. Prayer, the word of God, and His Spirit should be united together. We should go to the Lord repeatedly in prayer, and ask Him to teach us by His Spirit through His word.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of prayer, scripture, and the Holy Spirit in understanding God's will.
George Muller highlights a profound method for discerning the will of God. He suggests that believers should engage in prayer, study the scriptures, and seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit in a harmonious manner. This triad approach fosters a deeper spiritual understanding and ensures that one's inquiries and actions are aligned with divine intention. By consistently turning to God in prayer and relying on His word and Spirit, an individual can gain clarity and insight into their life's purpose.
In practice
Using this quote in a sermon to emphasize the importance of prayer and scripture in discerning God's will.
A child rightly trained may be a world-wide blessing, with an influence reaching onward to eternal years. But a neglected or misdirected directed child may live to blight and blast mankind, and leave influences of evil which shall roll on in increasing volume till they plunge into the gulf of eternal perdition.
The longer I live, the more I am enabled to realize that I have but one life to live on Earth, and that this one life is but a brief life, for sowing, in comparison with eternity, for reaping.
The less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to pray.
The Lord never lays more on us, in the way of chastisement, than our state of heart makes needful; so that whilst He smites with the one hand, He supports with the other.
I desire many things concerning myself; but I desire nothing so much, as to have a heart filled with love to the Lord. I long for a warm personal attachment to Him.
The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts.
In the presence of your Satguru, knowledge flourishes; sorrow diminishes; without any reason joy wells up; lack diminishes, abundance dawns and all talents manifest
Nothing is more damaging to the truth than an old error.
You look closely enough, you'll find that everything has a weak spot where it can break, sooner or later.
Each of us makes his own weather, determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits.
It is open to every man to choose the direction of his striving; and also every man may draw comfort from Lessing's fine saying, that the search for truth is more precious than its possession.
All too often people come to meditation in the hope of extraordinary results, like visions, lights, or some supernatural miracle. When no such thing occurs, they feel extremely disappointed. But the real miracle of meditation is more ordinary and much more useful. . . .
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