What Is God's Will?

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Introduction
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We live in a day and age where we are fascinated with the future. We want to make sure that we live this life to the fullest. We don't want to make any mistakes. We don't want to have regrets. We don't want to date/marry the wrong person. We want a career that can satisfy us. Precisely because of this, Wisdom is important in making a healthy choice when we are stuck in a fork road. 

"What is the will of God for my life? What is God's will anyways? Is it possible for me to know it?"

Those questions are often asked within the Christian community. Christians tend to think that the will of God is a mystery or it is hidden from us. It is true that "the secret things belong to the LORD our God, BUT the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law."
(Deuteronomy 29:29)

We tend to over complicate the idea of God's will. I might be stepping on people's toes, but I think that we over complicate what God's will is, because we don't read the Bible. It is actually not very hard to answer those questions. In fact, those questions are already answered in the Word of God. His revealed will is in the text of Scripture. 
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According To Scripture
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1 Thessalonians 4:3 - Clearly, God's will for us is to be sanctified -  to be made holy - because we are not completely perfect yet. The first step to sanctification is to abstain from sexual immorality (πορνεία: Porneia). πορνεία carries a package of words in it. There is also a responsibility on our part, as followers of Jesus, to stop watching porn and masturbating, to stop having pre-marital sex, to stop having oral sex before marriage, to stop lusting, to stop bestiality, to stop homosexuality, to stop committing adultery, to stop friends with benefits, and the list goes on. We are living in a culture where we are sexually broken, and God's will is to transform us and heal our sexual brokenness when we commit to abstaining from πορνεία.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 - Clearly, God's will for us is to rejoice, pray unceasingly, and be thankful. 

1 Peter 2:15 - Clearly, God's will for believers is to live a godly life by doing good. By doing so, false charges against Christians will be put to silence.  

1 Peter 3:17 - Clearly, it is God's will for believers to suffer for doing good rather than to do evil. 

Romans 12:2 - Clearly, when our minds are being renewed day by day, we may be able to discern what is the will of God. 

Ephesians 5:10, 17 - Clearly, we are called to understand what the will of the Lord is and to do what is pleasing to Him. We are not to decipher the secret things of God; rather, we are called to understand His revealed will that is laid out in the Bible (Deut 29:29). 
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Conclusion
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Perhaps you do struggle with figuring out God's will. You ask questions that are related to marriage, a career, a house, a university and etc. 

Unfortunately, I can't go into every detail on this post, but there are books out there that I could recommend to you:

Can I know God's Will? by R.C. Sproul (it's free on kindle!)

Found: God's Will by John MacArthur

Romans 12:1-2 is practically helpful in my walk with God. In order to discern God's will, we need our minds to be renewed. In order for our minds to be renewed, we need to constantly meditate on the Word of God (Psalm 119:11; Philippians 4:8-9). When I immerse myself in His Word, I know what He wants me to do and I know what He does not want me to do. 

General rule of thumb, be faithful to God, and you'll see His guidance and His blessings in your life. I'll leave you with Peter's words, which are inspired by the Holy Spirit: 

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. (1 Peter 5:6-7)