THE 7 WILLS OF GOD

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Exodus. 6:6-8:

“6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments.

7And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

8And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.”

In the book of Exodus, we witness God’s profound love for His people. In Exodus 6:6-8, the seven wills of God for His people are clearly outlined. In these verses, God reveals His seven promises that not only speak to Israel’s freedom from Egypt but also extend to the spiritual freedom He offers to all believers today. These seven promises serve as a blueprint for understanding God’s divine plan for us. Let’s dive deeper into these seven wills and grasp the magnitude of God’s love and His desire for our freedom.

The first will of God is to free His people from burden. In this context, Egypt represents the world, and Pharaoh symbolizes Satan. God’s first step is to lead His people out from under the crushing yoke of the Egyptians, symbolizing the burden and slavery of sin. He does not want us to live under the oppression of the world’s ways. His desire is to break the chains that bind us and set us free from the control of sin and darkness.

This truth remains relevant today. Many people live under heavy burdens—whether personal struggles, societal pressures, or spiritual bondage. Yet, God’s will is to deliver us from these forms of enslavement and bring us into His freedom.

God not only promised to free His people from burden given by the Egyptians, but to completely free them from Egypt’s slavery. This second promise reveals His intention not just to deliver His people physically but to transform their hearts and minds, removing the mentality of bondage.

In our own lives, we may experience physical or circumstantial freedom, yet still carry a mindset of enslavement. God’s desire is not only to change our situation but also to transform the way we see ourselves. He wants to shift our identity from slaves to sin and the world, to His beloved children.

Redemption is at the heart of God’s plan. Our Lord did not only want us to be free from burden and enslavement, He also wants us not to be owned by sin anymore. He redeemed His people (buy them back) and rescue them from the ownership of sin. We are no longer owned by sin. We are now own by the Lord. Our Lord now has the right to dwell in us. The price of our redemption was the precious blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Just as the Israelites were redeemed from Egypt, we are redeemed from sin and death through Christ.

This promise reveals God’s deep love for His us. He doesn’t just want to set us free; He wants to redeem us—restoring us to a close relationship with Him.

God’s desire is not just to rescue us but to claim us as His own. The fourth will of God is a declaration of ownership and covenant. He promises to take Israel as His people—a holy nation set apart for Him.

For believers today, this serves as a powerful reminder of our identity in Christ. God has adopted us into His family, and we belong to Him. This relationship is personal, intimate, and eternal. We are His people, and He is our God.

God’s fifth promise is a profound assurance of His presence and role in our lives. When He declares, “I will be your God,” it is not merely a statement of relationship but a pledge of provision, protection, and guidance as what a God is to His people. In ancient times, to declare someone as your god signified total allegiance and complete dependence on them for sustenance and direction.

In John 20:28 we can read “Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

“My Lord and my God” is Thomas’ declaration that He has no other gods aside from our Lord Jesus Christ. It is a declaration that Thomas will entrust everything to our Lord and follow wherever our Lord leads Him. To declare the Lord Jesus your God signifies our total dependence to Him.

This 5^th will of the Lord calls us to trust our Lord in every area of our lives. He assures us that He will lead, provide for, and protect His people. Our task is to submit to Him and trust Him fully as our Lord and King. We should make Him our God.

God’s promise does not end with delivering His people from Egypt; it also includes leading them into the Promised Land. Where milk and honey are overflowing (blessings and goodness). This land symbolizes the fullness of life that can be found in the presence of God. This Promised Land is His Word. These are spiritual abundance, peace, joy and rest in His presence that can only be found in His Word.

In our lives, this promise speaks of God guiding us into our spiritual inheritance, which includes His blessings, favor, and ultimate victory in Christ. The Promised Land is not just a physical place but also the spiritual promises of God—peace, joy, and purpose—fulfilled in our lives.

Finally, God promises to give the land to His people as their possession. This promise speaks of permanence and inheritance—what God gives is meant to be ours forever. It is a divine gift, secured by His unchanging promise.

For Christians, this final will of God is the assurance of our eternal inheritance in Christ. He has prepared a place for us, both in this life and for eternity. Our inheritance is secure in Him.

These seven wills of God reveal a progression of freedom, relationship, and inheritance. Each step reflects His deep love and desire for His people, for us to be free and live to the purpose we are created and reach our full potential. He does not merely bring us out of slavery—He claims us as His own, leads us into a place of abundance, and grants us eternal possession of His promises.

God is faithful to His word. Just as He fulfilled these promises for Israel, He will also continue to fulfill these promises for us today.

While God’s seven wills are to bring us into freedom and abundance, Satan’s purpose is to hinder these at all costs. If we go along in this story of Exodus, Pharaoh resist the 7 wills of God for the Israelites. He doesn’t want them to go. He symbolizes Satan in this troy. In Exodus 5:1-2, Pharaoh’s refusal to let Israel go illustrates Satan’s relentless desire to keep humanity in bondage. Just as Pharaoh enslaved Israel, Satan seeks to enslave us through sin, lies, and deception so that we can’t fulfill our purpose and reach our full potential set to us by the Lord.

Satan’s opposition to God’s will can be seen in three key tactics:

1. Doubt and Deception

Satan plants seeds of doubt in people’s minds, making them question God’s existence and His promises. In Exodus 5:2 Pharaoh said,

“Who is the LORD, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD and I will not let Israel go.“

This only tells us of Satan’s total resistant to the will of God. He wants us to question the Lord. He works to blind people from the truth and keep them from seeking freedom. His main goal is to not let us go and to continue in bondage.

2. Distraction

One of Satan’s most effective strategies is to keep people busy with the cares of this world. As seen in Exodus 5:6-9, Pharaoh increased the Israelites’ workload to distract them from seeking freedom. Today, this tactic of Satan still works. He keeps people preoccupied with money, wealth, materialism, careers, and entertainment to keep them from focusing on the will of God for them.

3. Compromise

If Distractions doesn’t work, Satan will use compromise. He will allow us to think they we can serve God while still holding on to the ways of this world. This is what he did in Exodus 8:24-27. When additional workloads to the Israelites failed, Pharaoh allowed Israel to sacrifice to God with the condition that it will be done only within Egypt’s borders. Similarly, Satan often tempts believers that they can serve God while also holding on sin. He doesn’t want us to completely surrender our life to the Lord. He wanted us to compromise. But God doesn’t want compromise. He wants us to completely leave Egypt and serve Him in the Promised Land, not in Egypt.

Try as he may, Pharaoh cannot stop the will of God in freeing Israel. Our journey to freedom is not without opposition, but God’s will will always prevail. As believers, we must reject the compromises of the world and fully embrace the promises of God. We must remember this words of Paul in Philippians 3:12-14:

“Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”

Paul encourages us to forget what is behind and press forward to what lies ahead, pursuing the fullness of God’s promises with unwavering faith.

God’s will is to bring us out of bondage, sanctify us, and lead us into the abundant life He has prepared. As we walk with Him, let us hold fast to His will, knowing that He is faithful to fulfill every one of them.