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So all you do depends on whether or not it is God's will for you. Was it God's will for you to wear the clothing you selected today? Yes, or you would have selected something else to wear.
It was God's will for me to wear what I wore today; so if I'd changed, or changed my mind 2 or 3 times, that would have been his will too?
a) why? Can't God make up his mind the first time what underwear I should put on?
b) why do you think, and where does it say, that his will is so detailed that it includes what we wear- the implication being that if you don't wear it it is a sin?
c) how is God glorified by me wearing a pink floral skirt rather than a blue one; how does that serve him better and advance his kingdom?
In the NT God's will is usually about being; it is God's will that we should be holy, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, accept Jesus, John 6:40, pray continuously and give thanks in all circumstance, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18. Nowhere does it say, "God controls your wardrobe and it is his will that you wear certain clothes each day."
God made us in his image. He can choose, so he gave humans the ability to choose also - and trusts them to make choices for themselves.
The teaching "if God didn't want you to do/wear/eat/go, then you wouldn't, sounds all very well, but he doesn't control our lives to that extent. Otherwise you could say "If God hadn't wanted you to think that unkind thing about your brother, you wouldn't have" - which means, "God wants you to sin and think unkind thoughts."
Not true at all.
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