"Whose Will?"

          "Not as I will, but as Thou wilt.
                                        Matthew 26:39 NASB


   A Christian woman once confided to a friend
that she found it nearly impossible to pray, "The
will be done." she was afraid of what the Lord
might call her to do. Very specifically, she
feared being called to a snake-infested swamp
to take the Gospel to head-hunting natives. As
the mother of a young child, she simply could
not bear the thought that God might call her to
leave her child and sacrifice her life on the
mission field.
     Her friend said to her, "Suppose your little
girl came to you tomorrow morning and said,
"Mommy, I have made up my mind to let you
tour own way with me from now on. l'm
always going to obey you and I trust you
completely to do everything you think is best
for me.? How would you feel?"
     The woman replied, "Why, I'd feel
wonderful. I'd shower her with hugs and
kisses and do everything in my power to give
her all the things that were good for her and
which would help her find her talents and use
them to their fullest."
     The friend said, "Well, that's how the Lord
feels as your Heavenly Father. His will is
going to be far better than anything you have
imagined, not far worse."
     God's will for Jesus did not end with the
pain and suffering if the Cross. The "end" of
God's will for Jesus was His glorious
resurrection from the dead, His ascension to
Heaven  His being seated at the right hand
of the Father, and His exaltation as King of
kings and Lord of Lords forever!
     As Hannah Whitall Smith wrote,  "Better
and sweeter than health, or friend or money
or fame, or ease, or prosperity, is the adorable
will of our God. It gilds the darkest hours with
divine halo, and sheds brightest sunshine on the
gloomiest paths. . . . it is only a glorious
 privilege."
     Make your prayer today, "Thy will be done,
Lord." And then see what good thing God has
for you to experience!