Thursday, September 4, 2008
THY will be done?
On my ride home from work today I was thinking about how I pray. Something struck me as odd when I was praying about the hurricanes in reference to God's will. We all pray "but Lord, Your will be done" what are we praying there? In most cases, when we pray that phrase we aren't referring to God's permissive will, we are referring to His divine, unquestionable, "gonna be done" will. So what should we really be praying then? Has that phrase become cliche with us now? I think a better statement that we can truly benefit from is "Lord, help me to submit to Your will and trust Your will in this matter" I think that gets the heart of the matter across more clear and honest than to use the phrase "Your will be done" I think that is to be our attitude in our heart, but that attitude can't happen if we don't first trust it and submit to it....
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We are a child to our Father. Our Fathers will is perfect, complete and absolute. We as children are not. There are times when we have no power or control over a situation but simply have a strong desire that we want to bring to our Father. We ask as a plead, wanting our Father to grant our request, and knowing he will answer - but not necessarily the way we want. As children, sometimes we do not know the answer when we ask the question, at other times we do not like the answer. Our consistent Father, will help us, all we need to do is ask... THY will is the answer, and the more we get "thy" will to be the same as "THY" will, affirms our growing loving relationship with our Father
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