Praying God’s Will Be Done :)

Many ask, “how can we pray that God’s Will be done, when His Will may not match our own”?

A good example of this is when we are praying for someone who is very ill.  We want so badly for that person to get well.  For their suffering to end!  Because we love them so.  But we need to trust that God loves them too.  And His solution may not be ours, but it is the better solution.

Sometimes the person that we love and want so badly to get better-goes to Heaven.  And we cry out in anger, because we want them to be here!  And that is a natural part of grieving.  God understands that.  But at some point, we must realize that they may be far better off in Heaven than on earth.  The person that we love so much, will no longer suffer, no longer cry.  They will be filled with a joy that we can only imagine.  It’s not the person we love who is suffering, it’s us.   Because we miss them.  And that is where we need to put our trust in God’s Love for all of us.  And perhaps we also need to have a little faith in ourselves and in our future.  For one day we will be with the people we love forever ?

Another example is, sometimes a person that we love seems to be trapped in a life style that only brings them pain and destruction.  We pray constantly that they will make better choices, but our prayers seem to go unanswered.  But are they?  Perhaps that person needs those struggles to make that final turn to Jesus.  Perhaps they need those struggles so that in the future they can help others.  “God uses all things to the good of those who love Him”.

We should never stop praying for the people we care about.  God hears our prayers and loves them too.  But we need to understand also, that God will act in their best interest.  He loves them even more than we do and He knows more than we do…

Because God knows not just yesterday and today, but all of our Tomorrows.  Trust Him.

So, should we pray for those we love?  Absolutely!  But pray for them and pray for God’s Will to be done in their life as well.  We can trust God, for He loves us all ?