Not My Will, but Yours Be Done, Thursday, March 17 2011

Not My Will, but Yours Be Done
 
Reading:Romans 12:12, Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
 
The walls of a building are truly amazing. The smallest flaw in the metal, or a weak point in the bricks could send the whole wall tumbling down, but if those same supports are strong and immovable that same building can withstand the many pressures exerted upon it. God gave me an image of a large brick wall while in prayer once. It was a pivotal point in my life in which I was torn between two paths, and all I could pray was that God would have His will be done and not mine. In that image, I slowly began to pull bricks out of the wall one by one until finally I came to the brick in the dead center of that wall, and down it came. God was telling me that He had more for me yet to do in the place where I was at, and almost 10 years later my wife and four children I’m sure would agree. When we lean on the desires of the flesh we may miss entirely what God has planned for us, but if we lean on the One who desires our heart and wants what’s best for us we experience our full potential on this earth.
When times get tough, we often tend to blame God rather than run to Him for guidance. But, if we are patient in our afflictions and faithful in our prayers, we will find joy in hope.
 
Do you rely on God or yourself to make decisions in your life?
 
 
Do you pray for God’s will to be done, or just for Him to “fix” your problems?
 
 
How will you rely on God, today, to make decisions in your life?
 
REVIEW
 
How did you run to God today for direction and guidance instead of simply fixing your problem?
 
 
How did this impact your decisions in the day and how you handled them?