For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.
He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
Ps 40:1-3

The Christian message, as presented in the bible, is quite simple really. Even children can understand it. The idea we are all sinners, deserving of punishment before a holy God isn’t particularly hard to grasp. The idea that God loves us so much, he sent Jesus Christ, God the Son, to save us from our sins. That he died in our place, he took on our sin and is able to transform us in to people who are acceptable before a holy God. As I said, quite simple really.

Throughout life, we wonder what God’s will is in how we live our lives. Looking at Nehemiah’s life, we see how he was able to determine God’s will.
Scripture, God’ word, was his primary source of knowledge. If anything he considered doing was in direct contradiction with the moral framework of Scripture, it wasn’t worth considering.
The Spirit working in his heart was another source of knowledge. Although we must be careful that we don’t confuse knowledge through the Spirit with the desires of our own heart which might not be in line with the will of God. It can be very easy to deceive ourselves into thinking something we want to do is the will of God, when in all honesty, it’s just us being selfish.
God even uses fellow saints to show us his will. The godly men and women we meet in our churches have been placed by God for us to talk with and learn from.
Finally our situation might be such that what we want to do addresses a current need which is unique to the time and place.
We might even find that something we like doing doesn’t contradict scripture, is considered worthy by our fellow believers and addresses a current situation.