thy will be done...even if...🙏
but, here's the thing about that prayer -- we're so quick to make the "thy will be done" portion our prayer, without truly understanding what we mean, first. or not taking the second part into much consideration. we think of our desires and what it would mean to have the prayer answered. but, we tend to see it as God granting wish as if He's a genie.
the real key is to pray "thy will be done," and add the "even if..." to it.
your will be done...
even if i don't get the job...
even if i don't meet someone to marry...
even if i don't get the job of my dreams...
even if that particular house doesn't go through for me...
even if, even if, even if...
daniel 3:17 says, "but even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."
because even if we don't get that desire or dream, it doesn't change who God is.
think of it as -- it's about the journey, not the destination.
the prayer itself helps us trust and rely on God.
"Even if the fig tree does not bloom and the vines have no grapes, even if the olive tree fails to produce and the fields yield no food, even if the sheep pen is empty and the stalls have no cattle — even then, i will be happy with the Lord. i will truly find joy in God, who saves me," is how it's described in habakkuk 3:17-19.
it builds character and strengthens us in our faith.
the more we are tested in circumstances beyond our control, the more we learn to become rooted in Jesus; grounded in His will. we can't base our feelings around everything else that can change at a moment's notice. our faith isn't built in the world's happenings, but in the One who never changes.
Matthew 6:10 reminds us that "Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven."
we have to relinquish control and let God do what He's going to do.
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