What is Almighty God's Will?

I learnt today that not all things that seems to be 'spiritually sounding' came necessarily from God. Not all good things means good at the wrong time.

Take for example, my boss just gave birth to a baby boy after being married for 10 years...

A lot of people were overjoyed! A lot of people showered them with happiness and blessings..

I then thought about what if there is a 17-year old girl, not married and is heavily pregnant, where the man is still schooling or just entered the work-force and is not able to take care of the baby.

In contrast, both events are actually happy events. Where a new life is born, and having a baby is a happy thing. However, timing and circumstances simply doesn't show that it's that 'happy' or 'blessed' or 'wonderful'.

I learnt in church today that the sheep will always be able to identify when the Sheperd calls. The voice is un-mistakeably clear, and sheeps, no matter how 'dumb' they may-be, still recognizes that voice. The same parallel was drawn between us, Human, the sheep, and God (the Sheperd). Still, I wonder, will the sheperd ask the sheep to do something 'sounding-right' yet leads to a wrong?

Now then, if the sheperd has a family member and tries to mimic the voice of the sheperd, and make the sheep do something foolish (like over-eat or over-run/walk to someone else's field...) that's possible isn't it?

Therefore, lesson learnt today:
I realize many at times, hearing God is simply this: submitting to God's will in areas where I know I have to let God take control, and trusting that in such situations, I need not fret, worry or be in-charge.

So, in view of going overseas to plant a church:
- it's not whether to go or not to go which determines God's will. It's how I think about it, how I analyze the situation, how I work towards finding a conclusion, what's my thought process in prioritizing what's important at this point... I guess that's what God's will and hearing God really-really mean.

Letting go the idea of being in control...

Like the Kunfu Master Wu-Gui said, Master has to let go the idea of being in control!
I too am often in the idea of being in control for too much at work. Every little details, every little problems, every little buzz that goes around, that does not suit my way of working/style, I deemed as wrong...

Sometimes, more often than not, the only solution for the stress that I am having, the stress of seeing too many things to be done, yet so lil time, is to let go and let 'things' happen.

Many at times, the reason i feel so stressed up, is that because I am carrying other's burden which do not belong to me in the first place.

I guess for me, taking is easy, letting go is a challenge!