InLovewithGod

I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13

God has seen every wrong that’s been done to you, every person that has hurt you, every tear that you've shed, every injustice done to you...

God saw what went on with His children in Egypt and said:

In Exodus 3:8 ...and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

It is in times of trouble that we taste the goodness of God. It was when I was sick and weak that Jesus was my strength, when I was hopeless and despairing that He gave me hope and filled me with joy, and when I didn't see a way that He made a way.

He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

-- Isaiah 40:29

Even the strongest ones find ourselves

broken and weary at some point in our life. It isn't so hard to praise Jesus when we are soaring, when everything is going excellently well in our lives. Often the toughest time to keep our faith vibrant is when we are trying to keep putting one foot in front of the other while not fainting. In those moments of absolute powerlessness, weakness, and brokenness the Lord is often most real, most powerful, and most present.

Jesus said, " I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will but the will of Him who sent Me." John 6:38

An essential part of our surrender to God is the surrender of our will. The best example of this is Jesus. He came not to seek or do His own will, but the will of His Father.

In the Lord's prayer, Jesus taught us to pray,

“Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”  —Matthew 6:10

Praying "Your will be done," is praying in faith. It's telling God, "You know what's best in my situation."