"Thy will be done," and to thee be the glory alone!
"Thy will be done," are words often spoken, but I'm afraid too little understood, and even still too little enacted. I pray the Lord teaches our hearts and minds what it is to obey, and what it is to love. For our commandment is to love one another, and our love for God beckons us to obey. May our hearts always inquire of the Lord, our God: "What is Thy will that I may bend to it?" and cry out in sincerity: "My Lord set to me a task, that I may serve Thee! That I may glorify Thy Name! Give me a mind and heart to love Thee and contemplate Thee. My Lord be my Strength and my Guide."
MacDonald-
Obedience:
I said, “Let me walk in the fields.”
He said, “No, walk in the town.”
I said, “There are no flowers there.”
He said, “No flowers, but a crown.”
I said, “But the skies are black;
There is nothing but noise and din.”
And He wept as he sent me back:
“There is more,” He said; “there is sin.”
I said, “But the air is thick,
And fogs are veiling the sun.”
He answered, “Yet souls are sick,
And souls in the dark undone.”
I said, “I shall miss the light,
And friends will miss me, they say.”
He answered, “Chose to-night,
If I am to miss you, or they.”
I pleaded for time to be given.
He said, “ Is it hard to decide?
It will not seem hard in heaven
To have followed the steps of your Guide.”
I cast one look at the fields,
Then set my face to the town:
He said, “My child, do you yield?
Will you leave the flowers for the crown?”
Then into His hand went mine,
And into my heart came He;
And I walk in the light divine
The path I had feared to see.
"Little Children, love one another" (John the Beloved). May the Lord's Spirit fill our hearts--Lord bless and purify us with Thy presence. Thy will be done. May we be eager to serve, as Thy angelic host--"Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet." May we forever do Thy will. Thy will shall be done.
God Bless! May we always submit our own wills for the perfect and unassailable will of God. May we submit ourselves to the guidance of the Spirit and proceed fearlessly, joyfully, lovingly, and wholly in the Lord. God Bless. Excelsior Christian!
MacDonald-
Obedience:
I said, “Let me walk in the fields.”
He said, “No, walk in the town.”
I said, “There are no flowers there.”
He said, “No flowers, but a crown.”
I said, “But the skies are black;
There is nothing but noise and din.”
And He wept as he sent me back:
“There is more,” He said; “there is sin.”
I said, “But the air is thick,
And fogs are veiling the sun.”
He answered, “Yet souls are sick,
And souls in the dark undone.”
I said, “I shall miss the light,
And friends will miss me, they say.”
He answered, “Chose to-night,
If I am to miss you, or they.”
I pleaded for time to be given.
He said, “ Is it hard to decide?
It will not seem hard in heaven
To have followed the steps of your Guide.”
I cast one look at the fields,
Then set my face to the town:
He said, “My child, do you yield?
Will you leave the flowers for the crown?”
Then into His hand went mine,
And into my heart came He;
And I walk in the light divine
The path I had feared to see.
"Little Children, love one another" (John the Beloved). May the Lord's Spirit fill our hearts--Lord bless and purify us with Thy presence. Thy will be done. May we be eager to serve, as Thy angelic host--"Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet." May we forever do Thy will. Thy will shall be done.
God Bless! May we always submit our own wills for the perfect and unassailable will of God. May we submit ourselves to the guidance of the Spirit and proceed fearlessly, joyfully, lovingly, and wholly in the Lord. God Bless. Excelsior Christian!
