How do you align your will with God’s will? One way we can do this is prayer. Prayer is our avenue to speak with God. When we ask God to guide us in our daily thoughts and actions, we are aligning our will with His. You can see this in the Model Prayer within the Gospel of Matthew (Matt. 6:9-13). Another way to align our will with God’s will is through love and mercy (Luke 6:27-36). To align our will to God’s will, we must be loving and kind to those who do not deserve it. Just consider how loving and kind God is to all mankind, sending His only Son to die a horrible death for all our sins. We did not deserve His kindness, but we all benefit when we obey the Gospel.
Now for the last question. Are you focused on God or the world around you? The world around us is full of false gods, sin, and hatred. We must keep our focus on God and Godly things. When we recognize and respect God’s presence in our daily affairs, we will become more secure in our daily decisions. We must trust in the Word of God to provide the solutions to earthly problems and spiritual matters (John 8:31-36). We must flee from sin and abide in the truth. Even though we live in this world, this does not mean we are to partake of the sin in this world.
We must look to the guidance God gives us. When we seek what His will for us is, we find His solutions to our problems. The Alcoholics Anonymous book has 12 steps. Step 3 is “we are to make a decision to turn our will in our lives over to the care of God.” This is a very powerful step and as Christians we are to do this every day. When we do this command, we open our lives to receive His blessings. When we do the will of God and align our will to His we become more focused on Godly things and less on the world. I will close this with the prayer from the AA book. “God, I offer myself to Thee to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy will always.” I pray this prayer to God through the name of Jesus!
By Aaron Anderson (February 26, 2023)