Seeking God’s Will: The Power of Prayer and Surrender

• By candidasullivan
• January 9, 2025
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Sometimes, we think we know God and understand His ways entirely. We get so good at interpreting God that we stop even asking Him what He wants us to do. We assume we know the answer and forget that prayer is how we know for sure.

The Bible tells us that God’s thoughts are not our thoughts.

One of my experiences with disobedience came from assuming that I knew what God wanted me to do and expected of me without asking Him. It caused me to suffer. I stayed in a place of dissatisfaction and pain because I believed that was the answer.

My heart hurt continuously. And my life felt like it was falling apart. Even when God showed me the possibility of a different way, I ignored it and stood firmly in my beliefs.

We can have a lot of faith and stubborn beliefs, but if they’re unaligned with God, they’re not right or true. The only way to know for sure if we are on the right path and fully aligned with God is to ask Him.

Praying for guidance and clarity seems simple, but it’s also easy to overlook, especially if I’m always the one doing the talking. Sometimes, prayer is sitting silently and waiting to hear from the Lord.

God wants to give us good gifts. He doesn’t create us for a life of suffering. Many times, we make our suffering by leaving Him out of the essential parts of our lives. So many of the things I struggled with and suffered because of could have been prevented with prayer.

Now, I try not to assume to know God’s deep and profound thoughts. I ask Him.

The enemy caused me to believe that God wanted me to suffer with pain my whole life. I assumed the pain was part of my purpose. I carried and accepted it for a long time. Then, one day, I cried out to God with an overwhelmed spirit. The weight of trying to bear the pain had crushed me. I asked God to heal me if it was His will, and if not to help me endure the daily pain.

Praying for God’s will is the most beautiful prayer of all. It forces us to let go of how we think things should be and create space in our lives for something different. God’s will completely removes my thoughts. It is asking for the best outcome.

While God’s will still causes me heartache at times, it also gives me great peace. My spirit knows that if I follow the Lord and pray for His will, I will be able to live my best life, created by the One who knows me and loves me the most.