Engaging Ourselves in His Will

Saying “Let Your will be done” requires reflection and willingness to accept all its consequences—namely that the God we worship is a Person who has a will. Often, in our spiritual journey, we unknowingly place ourselves at the center of our relationship with the Creator. When we come before God, our natural tendency is to strive with all our might to make God understand our will, grant our requests, and care for our interests. Ironically, we often give little—if any—attention to what His will actually is. We fall into the thinking that because God is All-in-All, He needs nothing from us. This assumption then justifies our indifference to His heart’s desires, while we continue to insist that our will be the unquestioned priority.

We must realize that if the Father in heaven has a will, then He is not merely an active force or a wish-granting machine. He is a Person with plans, ideas, and noble purposes. From the beginning in Genesis, God is presented as one full of initiative and creativity in making the universe. As a Person with ideas, He intends to bring each of His plans to fulfillment in human history. Here lies our responsibility as His children. Within the brief span of time we occupy in the history of the world, we must begin to ask what God truly desires, what His purposes are, and what His plans are for our generation.

This attitude matters so we do not remain mere spectators in the divine plan but may be actively involved. The honor of realizing the Father’s will on earth is the highest aim of our existence as restored humans. Sadly, many do not want to understand this, and many teachers avoid stating it plainly. We must clearly appreciate that He is a near God, not a distant one. If we imagine Him as distant and uninvolved in our daily life, we will tend to be indifferent when things go well and only seek Him when storms come.

Let us, from now on, build a new awareness that His presence is real and very near. We need to stir our souls to realize this closeness so our faith life will no longer be a bland religious routine. By experiencing His presence genuinely, we will not merely retell great stories or the mighty works recorded in Scripture as abstract theory. Rather, we will be able to share with others how we personally live out our relationship with Him in daily dynamics. Personal experience of walking with God and carrying out His will is an incomparable legacy to those around us.

True life is not measured by how many of our desires God approves, but by how much of God’s desire we realize through our lives. When we begin to care about what God cares about, we move toward Christlikeness. This is the pinnacle of the restoration of human dignity: becoming God’s coworker who understands His heart. Let us abandon selfish living and begin to ask, “Father, what do You want me to do today?” That is the prayer that reflects true divine dignity.