A Prayer for God's Will | Audio Reading | Our Daily Bread Devotional | December 5, 2024

[Applause] welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread our reading titled A Prayer for God's will was written by CA Patton as a young believer in Jesus I picked up my new devotional Bible and read a familiar scripture ask and it will be given to you the commentary explained that what we really should be asking God for is our will to line up with his by seeking for his will to be done we would be assured that we'd receive what we asked for that was A New Concept for me and I prayed for God's will

to be done in my life later that same day I became surprisingly excited about a job opportunity I'd already turned down in my mind and I was reminded about my prayer perhaps what I didn't think I wanted was actually a part of God's will for my life I continued to pray and eventually accepted the job in a much more profound and eternally significant moment Jesus modeled this for us in Luke 22 before his betrayal and arrest which led to his crucifixion he prayed father if you are willing take this cup from me yet not my

will but yours be done Christ's prayer was filled with anguish and Agony as he faced physical and emotional pain yet he was still able to earnest L pray for God's will to be done God's will in my life has become my ultimate prayer this means I may desire things I don't even know I want or need the job I originally hadn't wanted turned out to be the beginning of my journey in Christian publishing looking back I believe God's will was [Music] done today's our daily bread devotional scripture reading is from Luke 2 2: 41-44 he

withdrew about a stone's throw Beyond them knelt down and prayed father if you are willing take this cup for me yet not my will but yours be done an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him and being in anguish he prayed more earnestly and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground let's pray Heavenly Father we thank you for being active and present in our lives and for guiding each step we take help us to desire and find joy in following your will for our lives knowing that you love us

and desire what's best for us thank you Lord It's in Jesus name we pray amen thanks for listening today my name is Tony CER and today's encouragement was provided by our Daily Bread Ministries