{"id":46005,"date":"2012-08-26T19:36:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T03:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=46005"},"modified":"2012-08-26T19:36:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T03:36:21","slug":"what-does-it-mean-to-follow-gods-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=46005","title":{"rendered":"What Does It Mean To Follow God&#8217;s Will?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If God is God and created the universe, He is very different from me. So following His will means I can&#8217;t just do what I want. Following God&#8217;s will means that I have to pause before making a decision to consider the possibility that my typical choice in such matters is not in accord with the Mind of the universe. Choosing God&#8217;s will instead of my own will means putting my preferences and habitual reactions on hold so that I can ask for help from my Higher Power. <\/p>\n<p>God is the one ends that does not reduce me. If I worship anything but God, it will reduce me. If I worship myself, that will limit me. If I worship love or power or success or the National Review editorial board, that will reduce me. Following God is the one thing I can follow without the possibility of limiting myself to less than I can be. <\/p>\n<p>So what is the alternative to seeking God&#8217;s will? Asking what is the most compassionate result? What will assist class struggle? What will get me laid?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If God is God and created the universe, He is very different from me. So following His will means I can&#8217;t just do what I want. Following God&#8217;s will means that I have to pause before making a decision to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=46005\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1114,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-god","category-personal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46006,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46005\/revisions\/46006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}