The Will of God, the Will of Me and the Intercessors

My goodness, that is a mouthful! There seems to be a theme in my life in the past few weeks with various friend and associates who are trying to follow the path that God has laid out for them but are getting tangled up in the will they have for their own lives. To add to the challenge, a good friend gave me a reading last week about the role of the intercessor. It goes on to describe Agabus, who received word from God that Paul would be beaten if he went to Jerusalem to proclaim the word of God. Agabus assumed this meant that Paul was not to go to Jerusalem, but here comes the "Ahhhh Haaaa" moment, Agabus was an intercessor not a leader, God calls intercessors to the role of seeing, but calls leaders to the role of interpreting actions. Paul knew that God meant for him to go and proclaim his word in Jerusalem knowing he would be beaten. It is confirmed in Acts where Jesus comments "Take Courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, you must also testify in Rome". Beyond the often difficult time many of us have discerning God's will in our life is the added challenge that input we may receive from the people we contact may be in the form of an intercessor as opposed to a leader. While we need the information to create a complete picture of the situation, we have to discern how this information will help us to know the actions that are necessary to fulfill Gods will for our lives. While I can comprehend in my head and try as I may to understand that God has a plan for all of us, I struggle with being patient and allowing that will to manifest itself, especially when I see the pain my friends are going through when a situation seems to remain stagnant and unresolved which just seems to prolong the hurt.