THY WILL BE DONE

“Jack, listen closely. Praying for God’s will to be done doesn’t mean asking Him to follow you and giving Him directions for what you think He should do. It means you seek out His will and follow Him to be His hands extended to others.

“You’ve asked God to come into your world and help you live in it, and you’ll be a shining light for Him. You need to turn 180 degrees and listen to Him say, ‘No, you come into My world, and I’ll show you how to live in it, and I’ll be a shining light for you.’

“There are things we know are in God’s will and things we don’t. Reading the Bible every day and praying continually are two examples of knowing God’s will. Likewise, praying for a family member’s or friend’s salvation are also in God’s will.

“What you don’t know is whether your brother-in-law getting what seems like the perfect job is in God’s will for him or not. You don’t know if praying for your best friend’s wife to be cured of cancer will be what’s best for her. It may be she’ll come to Christ because of her disease, and you’d be praying for her not to be saved. Do you see what I mean, Jack?”

From FINDING THE SAFEST PLACE ON EARTH, my soon-to-be-published book.

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