divine will
Heaven's guiding plan
Divine will is what God wants or intends—the purposes, plans, or desires attributed to a deity.
In religious contexts, believers seek to understand or submit to divine will: It was God's divine will that brought us together.
The concept appears in theological discussions of fate, free will, and suffering: How can we reconcile human tragedy with divine will?
Sometimes invoked to justify events beyond human control or understanding.
- omnipotenceUnlimited universal power
- higher powerTranscendent spiritual entity
- providenceDivine protective care
- hand of GodDeity's direct action
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
prophecy · revelation · grace · sovereignty · salvation · prayer · determinism · karma · decree · purpose · fiat · theodicy · teleology · cosmic order · inscrutable · omniscience · fate · theophany
- fatedestiny, fate, kismet, Moira, fated
- Religious Beliefsmonotheism, polytheism, pantheism, trinity, original sin
- doctrinedogma, trinity, original sin, incarnation, predestination
- GethsemaneJesus, Judas, kiss, arrest, disciples
- Puritan Themespredestination, Calvinism, Puritanism, original sin, total depravity
- Religious Debatespredestination, trinity, transubstantiation, original sin, justification
divine willhuman will
Capacity for deliberate choice
human choice · free will · human agency · self-determination · personal choice
divine willfree will
Autonomous choice capacity
autonomy · self-determination · human freedom · moral agency
will, willing, divine, unwilling, willingly, willingness, willed, divination, diviner