"Let thy will be done!"

When I first began in the ministry my grandfather, who I often turned to for advice and encouragement, told me to always pray for His will to be done. He had seen several people pray for healing that never came, and then they grew angry at God. Imagine praying for healing that is not in the will of God. You've now set that person up for disappointment and given them a reason to be angry with God.

Praying for His will to be done is not at all a cop out on our beliefs. I think it should be at the heart of our work here on Earth. We should always seek what is in His will. If He blesses with healing, or if like Paul, He tells us His Grace is sufficient, we should simply always seek after His will.

 

Early in my Christian life (after realizing wave after wave of disappointments) I approached our Pastor asking how I could find God's Will for my life. His response was as follows..., "God's Will for you life is in the Bible..., read your Bible." That made about as much sense to me as greasing an eel. Obviously, we were speaking on two different levels.

He, of course, was referring to spiritual matters while I was seeking advice in areas of everyday life. I remember going home befuddled.

I am now under the impression (41 years later) that we often pray for selfish reason's. My Lord has fully provided my "needs". My "wants" are still out there somewhere.

"Telling" the Lord we want to feel good and get well and get better and overcome any calamity, leaves a bit to be desired.

 

The Lord Jesus prayed-----not MY will, but YOURS be done!!

Finding God's will is done by-----completely loosing ours!!!

Calvary's Cross was NOT the Son's will----it was the Father's will----and what was the Father's will became the will of His Only Begotten Sonl!! It wasn't the idea that the Son's will was submerged in His Father's will----but it was the idea that the Son's will was forsaken in favor of His Father's!!

Doing God's will will always cost you yours!!!

:saint::saint::saint:

 

:applause::applause::thumbs: AMEN!

 

Preacher Tony...:applause:

 

Excellent post I could not have said it as well. At church, we have prayed numerous times for those sick or near death. Something like, "Lord if it is Your will, our hearts desire is to see this person healed and back in our fellowship." This is usually a church wide prayer. When the Lord acts, we accept it as His will, then will continue to pray for the family.

 

James 4:13-15 NAS77

13 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow, we shall go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit."
14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
15 Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we shall live and also do this or that."​

 

Thank you guys for these comments!!!!!!!!!!!
Most (maybe all) really hit home for answering an uneasy feeling I've had for years about praying for the sick etc.
We know absolutely that God wants to save the lost, so no conflict there, but the afflicted - well we really have no idea what His plans are.
At any rate, this thread makes me feel much better for the way I have "discerned" praying for the sick .

 

J-W-Peace..., I heard from a pulpit once of this woman in her 60's that was reduced to the bed due to "Osteogenesis imperfecta", which is a disease that causes weak bones to break easily.

As the story went, stuck to the ceiling above her bed were pictures of many individuals serving in the ministry and as she could do nothing else, she prayed for them individually each day.

I don't know if the story is correct or not but even though she couldn't get out of bed without bones breaking, she still served my praying.