Discombobulated (yes its a real word)

This semester is going to be an interesting adventure I think.  I’m actually very nervous about a lot of things, which is not like me at all.  I have a lot on my plate at school and the rest of my life is seeming to not want to slow down to comfort me.

One thing I have discovered that is pretty cool is that I have found that I have a love for theology, which is something I did not think would happen.  But there is just something about thinking more critically about things about my faith, not to undermine my faith by any means, but to make sure my beliefs are correct and to enhance the faith that I have.

So here is the thing in the last few days that I have been trying to process and work my way through.  I grew up with a belief that God has a will for your life, and that it is very specific, and the actions you take either move you toward that or push you away.  In addition, I had always believed that God would speak to you (not audibly) and give you guidance as to how to be in that will.  It was recently presented to me that this is not a biblical thought.  Now the man who presented this to me is a scholar and I do trust that he is not leading me astray, but he says that there is not scriptural proof that God has a specific will for your life.

Now in tandem with this, he presented two thoughts.  First, that God’s will and God’s guidance for your life comes from right living and the wisdom he put into the bible.  Secondly, he said that God’s will for your life was a little bit more generalized than I was allowing for, and that there are many choices you could make that would place you into God’s will.

Now I do not in anyway claim to be a great theologian, I don’t even know how much merit there is in these arguments, but I do enjoy the fact that I am being able to look at my faith critically and try to understand what it is I believe better.  I don’t know how many people actually read this, but let me know what you think.