God's will 6

“My thoughts are not your thoughts, my ways are not your ways” (Isaiah). Absolutely true. I don’t believe that whatever I think is what God thinks. I have been proven wrong too many times to count. But that can also be said to those who say “I just trust God’s will”. Because they don’t believe someone can be healed, then God must not want it.

The bigger issue is: how do we so immerse ourselves in our relationship with God that we do increasingly think His thoughts after Him, rather than our own earthly ideas?

“Pray without ceasing” for this is God’s will for your life. Immerse is the right word. Immerse ourselves in His word, think His thoughts (meditate on the word), worship, talk about Jesus to others, let God dominate your thinking.

I don't have this whole thing figured out, not by a long shot. But I do believe, again, that His will on earth as it is in heaven is, in some way, attainable, or Jesus would not have taught us to pray that.

I believe we spend far too much time dwelling on circumstances and what we think, rather than God's Word and what He says.

God's will part 5

Let’s get down to the issue. Praying for God’s healing involves much more than what many of us are willing to give. So we then pray God’s will and we don’t have to do much else. Oh we pray, and some even pray a lot, but we don’t pray in faith. We really don’t believe God can do what we’re asking. Or maybe somehow we’re just not worthy of receiving. That’s pious gobbly-gook. None of us are worthy, so get over yourself.

Let’s start getting passionate about “thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” If there is no sickness in heaven, why would we ever accept that sickness is the “will of God” here on earth? You can argue all you want about sickness, and that good people haven’t received healing and have died, God doesn’t always heal, etc. All of that is true. But think about this. We’re arguing from our experience, not from Scripture. Does our experience nullify the truth of the Scripture? The Bible says that God wishes all men to come the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, but not all do. Does that, therefore, mean that salvation through Jesus Christ is not true?

It is a fact that not all are healed. In my own prayer time, more have not been healed than have been healed. Do I then give up? That’s what too many of us do. Which goes back to my earlier writing, we then claim “God’s will”, and cease from fervent prayer, or from prayer that is said in faith.

The Scripture says you and I can pray down on earth as it is in heaven. “Lay hands on the sick and they will recover.” Jesus said on many occasions, “Your faith has healed you.”

We superimpose our experience onto the Scriptures rather than letting the Scripture form our theology and belief system.