1. To even begin to think of learning God's ways there is a challenging Scripture we must first come to grips with. We must consider Psalms 119:128, and make a decision about it.

   Do we believe it or do we not?

   "I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right."
   
   This verse implies that God has given instruction in His Word concerning every area of our Life and these instructions are always the right thing for us to do. Always! No arguing- no debate-no excuses. Never! At some point in our Christian walk, if we are ever going to go anywhere in it, we are going to have to make a decision on what God is telling us to  do.
   Do I really believe what God has said to do is really the right thing to do?"
   
   Here is something to remember that will help us when we are making that decision.

    

   • God's ways always work.
   • You can prove His ways by putting them to the test.
   • God's ways will always stand the test.

   If we will believe and obey what God says for us to do, we will eat the fruit of all He has promised. If we refuse to believe and obey, we will eat the fruit of our own way. I have experienced both and I can tell you that His fruit tastes so much sweeter.

    

2. We need to know that as we learn the ways of God, divine precepts and principles of a heavenly origin are being brought into our lives. To our great joy, we discover that those precepts and principles are workable in the 'here and now' where they are needed and not in 'the sky when I die.' It's to the point that we receive, believe and obey them that we will find ourselves....
   
   • enjoying peace - where there is no peace.
   • enjoying joy - where there is no joy.
   • enjoying direction - where there is confusion all around us.
   • having deep, growing relationships - where so many around us are being polarized.
   • seeing our families being drawn together - where others are disintegrating.
   • becoming at peace in our heart - coming together on the inside - when everyone else seems to be flying apart.

    

3. We need to know that as we learn His ways, God begins a work in us that starts to produce some wonderful changes in our life. Philippians 2:13, "For God is working in you, giving you the desire to obey him and the power to do what pleases him."
   I might add this encouraging word to this verse. Philippians 1:6, "And I am sure that God who began the good work within you, will continue his work, until it is finally finished on that day when Christ Jesus comes back again."

It is as though God is the potter and we are the clay upon the potter's wheel. The potter is busy working out of us all the impurities that would hinder us being made into the vessel of the potter's choosing.

As we are instructed in God's ways, we are being changed day by day, mentally - emotionally and spiritually. Our motives, - our values - our ambitions and our priorities are being examined by the Holy Spirit on a daily basis and brought into line with the Word of God. We are being transformed by the renewing of the mind as the Holy Spirit re-educates us with the truths of God's Word.

"Romans 12:2, And be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, they ye nay prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."

I like the way the New Living Translation says it.

"Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is."