Was there one day in your life when you consecrated yourself absolutely to the Lord? I do not mean
consecrating yourself to Him to be a preacher, but consecrating yourself to Him to do His will. You do
not have to be concerned for what God's will is; you only have to consecrate yourself honestly to Him to
do His will. You must realize that you should have a direct relationship to God's will; this relationship
should not be affected by the brothers and sisters. If the Lord wants me to go to the east, I will go the
east. I will not be affected by any person, event, or thing. However, my eyes will not be set on the east,
but on God Himself. The danger of God's workers today is the danger of making their work the center.
We must be directly related to God and set our eyes on Him alone. The seven Spirits in Revelation are
sent forth into all the earth, but they do not have anything to do with the earth. The seven Spirits are
before the throne of God and are related to God alone. We must consecrate ourselves fully to
God at least once, for the carrying out of His will. This is the starting point in our knowledge of His
will. Without this starting point, we can never understand God's will properly.
An absolute consecration is the starting point of knowing God's will. But if you want to advance in His
will, you must deal with all the hindrances. If you have any stubbornness, jealousy, pride, or petty
problems of a similar nature, you will be spiritually sick and unable to know God's will. If you want to
stop your ear from hearing anything, there is no need to plug it with a rod or a desk; all you need is a
little finger. The same principle applies in knowing God's will--a little hindrance will stop us from
knowing His will. Once I was taking a walk with a sister in a garden. After some time the two of us
became tired, and we sat down on some chairs under a tree. She said, "There is a bright star in the sky,
but I cannot see it because a leaf has blocked the view. Brother , if someone comes and tells me
many ways to see the star, I still could not see it even though the ways he said were good. The reason is
that my position is wrong; I am standing on the wrong ground." The words she said that night are still
fresh in my mind today. She explained that a little leaf could block the light of a big star. Many times,
God's will is frustrated by very small things. When you seek after God's will again and again and are still
unclear, you should not change the method, but change the person. If you find that you cannot know
God's will, it means that there is some blockage between you and God. It may be that God has spoken to
you already, but that you are unwilling to obey Him. You have to remove these hindrances. After you
have dealt with these problems thoroughly, you will know God's will!
