An awareness of God’s will, and a sincere and earnest desire to serve that will, is a gift of infinite value!

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I don’t think we usually see it that way, though. Even I didn’t fully understand that until very recently. I said in a post on StE that for most of my life, I couldn’t bring myself to say, ‘What is your will, Lord? Tell me, and I will do it!’ The closest I could get was, ‘What is your will, Lord? Tell me, and I’ll consider it.’

For most of my life, I approached God’s will like a bad swimmer afraid of deep water. If invited to swim, I’d first want to test the water and see if it was too cold, too choppy; see if it was too deep, and whether there was anything to grab onto if my swimming failed me and I started to be overcome by the water. I didn’t trust myself (still don’t!), and I didn’t truly trust what God might ask me to do.”

That only changed over the past few months..

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