Memorise: Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10
Read: Matthew 26:37-42 And he
took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and
very heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful,
even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. 39 And he went a little
farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be
possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou
wilt. 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and
saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and
pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the
flesh is weak. 42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying,
O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will
be done.
Until you get to the point of
conviction where you accept the fact that you can never have anything better
than what God has for you, life will remain a struggle. There are many people
struggling to find their place in life, but as a child of God you were not
created to live by chance. You were designed by God to walk in His blueprint
for your life, and so anything less than what God intends for you should be
rejected. Living within the divine will means having an understanding of God’s
plan for you in every area of your life. The will of God is always higher and
greater than the will of man. His thoughts are directed towards our peace and
fulfilment in this world (Jeremiah 29:11). This is why it is necessary to
discern and hear what God is saying about the present phase of your life. There
are people who are in the wrong job. No matter how much they work, they can
never be successful because they are struggling with what God has not wired
them for.
Some people are in the wrong
location, while some others are in relationships that drive away the presence
of God from them. Do you know that there are people you meet in life who
negatively impact your destiny? There are even some people you meet, and after
they are gone out of your life, you find yourself drained, because all they did
was use you. God’s will is to increase you and not to use you. However, you
have to wait upon the Lord and never outrun Him because He is the one leading
you.
Examples abound in Scripture of
those who struggled with the will of God for their lives before they understood
what God would have them do. Moses thought he was doing the right thing when he
killed and Egyptian, since he was born for the purpose of delivering the
children of Israel from the hands of their Egyptian oppressors (Exodus
2:11-12). However, he walked outside the will of God by taking action at the
wrong time and also by using the wrong approach. Jacob was also aware of God’s
plan for him to be greater than his elder brother, but he devised a crooked
method of obtaining the covenant blessing from his father. Consequently, he had
no rest until he learnt to surrender to God. Have faith in God that you will
become what He wants you to become; not by folding your hands and doing
nothing, by being diligent in your walk of faith. What is not enough today will
be more than enough tomorrow through God’s help. Remember the Lord blessed the
latter days of Job more than his beginning (Job 42:12). Learn to wait. He who
waits never loses, but he who is hasty never gains. Seek God’s face, and ask
Him for the needed grace to run the race. God places a high premium on his
children who are ready to align their words, actions, thoughts and decisions
with the standards of Heaven.
Prayer Point: Father, grant me
grace to patiently wait and work towards actualising Your will for my life.
Bible in one year: John 14-15, Isaiah
38:4-19
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