If
It Be Thy Will
“If it be Thy will”
God
is sovereign
The
will of God is the best we could ever ask for
There
is more to the will of God
God
is love and desires to give us gifts and blessings
God
says He wants to give us the desire of our hearts
Let
God not only give you the desires of your heart
Let
Him also put His desires in your heart
This
will give you confidence when you pray
If
It Be They Will
I grew up in church where we
added to every prayer request…
“If
it be they will”
God
is Sovereign.
The
will of God is the best we could ever ask for.
But
I come to realize there is more to the will of God.
God
is love and desires to give us gifts and blessings.
God
says He wants to give us the desire of our hearts.
Psalm 37:4
You
hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted;
you
encourage them, and you listen to their cry.
Psalm
10:17
May
he give you the desire of your heart
and
make all your plans succeed.
Psalm
20:4
You
have granted him the desire of his heart
and
have not withheld the request of his lips.
Psalm
21:2
It
is true our desires are not always good.
The
desire of the righteous ends only in good,
but
the hope of the wicked only in wrath.
Proverbs
11:23
Maybe
along with God’s desire to give us
our
desire is His way of teaching us His desire.
Maybe
God wants us to get His desire in us.
So
when I pray I say…
“Lord,
I have just asked you for my desire
but
if there is something I am not seeing,
If there is something I do not understand,
Please
reveal it to me.”
Jesus
taught us to pray…
"'Our
Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our
debtors.
Matthew
6:9-13
If
it be thy will it is found in this prayer…
Your
kingdom come, Your will be done
on
earth as it is in heaven.
I
ask that God’s kingdom come in earth,
that is me, as well as the rest of the earth.
Our
will, our desires are seen in…
Give
us today our daily bread
What
is it you desire the Lord to give you?
The last part of the prayer shows us
how
to line up our desire or will with His….
Forgive
us our debts
Remove
any obligation I have
to
sin toward you and others.
If
I am holding on to forgiveness, my will
will
be tainted and my will, desire
will
not be pure like the Lord’s.
When
we pray…
And
lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
We
are asking God for more than trump our will.
We
are asking Him to lead us in
the
path of His will and desire.
The Lord wants not only to
give
you the desire of your heart.
He
also wants to put His desire in your heart.
When
His will is in your heart you will
have
a greater confidence when you pray.
When
you ask for the desires of your heart…
Jesus
replied, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not
only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this
mountain,
'Go,
throw yourself into the sea,' and it will be done. If you believe,
you
will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."
Matthew
21:21-22
So
when I pray “If it be Thy will” I am
saying…
“Create
in me a clean heart and
renew
a right spirit within me.”
Scripture
Reading
Psalm
37:4 NIV
4
Delight yourself in the LORD
and
he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm
10:17 NIV
17
You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted;
you
encourage them, and you listen to their cry,
Psalm
20:4 NIV
4
May he give you the desire of your heart
and
make all your plans succeed.
Psalm
21:2 NIV
2
You have granted him the desire of his heart
and
have not withheld the request of his lips.
Proverbs
11:23 NIV
23
The desire of the righteous ends only in good,
but
the hope of the wicked only in wrath.
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