Follow Jesus
Hebrews 12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
In this path of discovering God's will for our lives, we aren't like many who don't know what to do or who to follow, we have Jesus to follow. Jesus lived on earth and exemplified how we ought to live. This gives us a sense of purpose. At least we have someone to refer to on matters concerning morality, marriage, work etc.
Without God's standards firmly rooted in you, you will fall for anything that comes by. And it doesn't even have to come dressed in weird clothes, with horns and big eyes, it may even be fancy but in the end will end up in destruction.
There's an easy way to detect that something is not of God, when it's pleasing to man yet to God it's not. Remember Jesus when he rebuked Peter, he spoke of Satan as one who desireth the things if man and not of God. The golden rule is to hold onto firmly the things of God and loosely the things of man or of this world. Hold the things of this world like a pinch of salt. You cannot afford to put your entire trust in them.
Follow the life of Jesus in the gospels and emulate Him. He's our pattern.
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