A major obstacle in discovering the will of God is that I want my will to be done.Therefore, we must be completely open to whatever God wants. And the best way to do it is to have no will of your own no matter what. This is what the Lord said, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” “Deny himself” means to deny his own will.
—H.E. Metropolitan Youssef, How to Know the Will of God