We all want God to give us specific instructions like he gave to Joshua before Jericho came crashing down. “Do this in this location this many times.” Life would be easier if we woke up each day to a God’s will text with seven simple steps.

God doesn’t always get this specific with the people he calls into action. Sometimes he is frustratingly vague. And he rarely keeps to our timetable. Instead of wishing for directions that may never come, we can march toward what we know God always wants: hearing his voice through the Bible, prayer, and God-honoring counsel and doing what we know to do.

We don’t know what it’s like to march into battle at the sound of the trumpet or horn. But we do know what it’s like to be awakened by our alarm for another day of following God’s will. That alarm can be our signal to march through life knowing what God always wants: for us to learn and do his instructions. And like the Israelites, we can do just that, knowing God will help us.