Page 85 conformity with the purpose of his will. Col 1:9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. God’s Sovereign Will: His Permissive Will – His Hidden Will De 10:10 Now I had stayed on the mountain forty days and nights, as I did the first time, and the Lord listened to me at this time also. It was not his will to destroy you. Ps 147:4 He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. Pr 16:9 In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps. Pr 21:1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases. Ac 4:27-28 Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed. They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen. Ac 17:26 From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.