God's Will

Last week I ordered a few clothing items online. With each passing day that they didn't arrive, I kept checking back via the tracking number to see were the parcels were located. Each time I would be a little bit disappointed because it didn't seem like they were any closer to my house. 

As I was thinking on my little packages this morning, I had this thought of God's will. I thought to myself, How many times do I pray and ask God, "Oh please let this package come" or, "Please make the rain stop", OR "Lord, please let this sickness pass." Many many times I have cried those little prayers out to God, but like the human that I am, I try to keep a grasp of "control" on the outcome. In other words, not fully surrendering that outcome to God.  

I would put so much pressure on that very little thing that I requested, and if it didn't come to pass, well then something's wrong, right?

Not so. 

I've realized (again and again) that God's will isn't always that thing completed, or that thing delivered, or even that illness healed - His will is. And while that can be hard for me at times to accept, it does bring comfort in a way. 

Something as simple as a little package reminded me that what IS is the will of our Great God. And so yes, IF that illness is healed, the rain ceasing, or even if that parcel is delivered, I can rejoice in that. I can also rejoice in who God is even if not. 

So dear brothers and sisters, take comfort in knowing that even in the midst of the rain, pain, or delays, God is still good, working in us that which is well pleasing (Hebrews 13:21).