All of our decisions are to be based on the will of God (1 Peter 4:2). We have lived long enough pleasing ourselves and other people. But here is the rub. How do we know if our decision is the will of God? How do we know we took the right job, bought the right house, or chosen the right school ( the one that is in God's will or us)?
These questions reflect the wrong understanding of Peter's words, "That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God." We are treating the will of God as a mystical thing. It is not.
Plain and simply, the will of God is that we use wisdom in our choices, that we do not violate another person or violate God's laws. If we have met those criteria, we can make our decision knowing we are living according to the will of God.
