By Bishop David Oyedepo

A person who seeks to be guided must reach out to God to receive guidance. Predestination is real, but it has to be discovered in order to be actualized. Just as precious jewels are not found on the surface of the earth, so it is with divine guidance. Divine guidance is what gives direction to life. You cannot get your bearings right without it. The person that needs to access divine guidance has what to do to be led. Let us look at some of them:

Realise your need: God can’t supply you what you don’t need. Only a fool will despise the need to be guided. God’s Word says: “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” (Proverbs 29:18). A lack of vision and guidance in his pursuit can ruin a person. It is not God’s wish that anyone should perish rather, He wants everyone to progress in life. Only vision can take one there. So, there is a need for one to have a vision. Vision is the gateway to greatness in God’s Kingdom.

Look at the man called Jacob, for instance. He was a trickster and a usurper until he met with God. His personal encounter with God brought him greatness. A need arose and he remembered his covenant with God. He asked for and received a terrific insight into cattle rearing, which he promptly put to work. He pursued it and prospered by it (Genesis 30:43). The potential for greatness was in him all the while. But until he saw the need for insight into the ways of God, he never received it. Divine guidance causes positive changes in a man’s life. See the need for it, and you will be prepared to receive it.

See God’s willingness to reveal His plan: God is always willing to reveal His plans. He didn’t make His plans for Himself, but for you and me. He devised them so that through them, we can make progress in life. God is eager to see you progress. That is why He is eager to reveal His plan to you. God said: “… I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.” (Isaiah 48:17).

God has taken upon Himself the responsibility of leading you into your destiny. How does He do this? It is by revealing His plans to you and showing you your own little portion in His masterplan. God is eager, so don’t waver. He is waiting for that moment you will step out to receive directions from Him.

Seek God in prayer: Prayer draws the hand of God into a situation. It is the link that connects man to the throne room of God. If you want to know the ways of God in any situation, you must pray and ask Him for direction (Matthew 7:7-8). God said: “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” (Jeremiah 33:3). Every “showing” must be preceded by “a calling.” No calling, no showing! The word “shew” means revelation. In this context, it can be called guidance, as He will reveal to you what you need to do. This can only come to you through prayer.

Be correctly positioned: You need to be correctly positioned to see what God is showing you. You need to be well positioned to hear what He is saying to you, and to catch His vision for your life. There is a need for a re-positioning for you to hear God accurately and distinctively, because connectivity is not possible on every platform. There is a correct platform for divine connectivity. God’s Word says: “After this I looked…the first voice which I heard…said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.” (Revelation 4:1).

A climbing up is needed to hear from God. It is an uphill task, though the joy it brings outweighs the price that is paid. “Come up hither,” means “Come away from all those things keeping you on the floor.” A separation is needed to hear from God and to receive His instruction from either His Word or voice. What is actually required in “coming up” is a separation unto God, in which you create a conducive environment for your spirit-man to be able to communicate with God.