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Reflection #7
...yet not My will, but Thine be done.
Luke 22:42
More and more I find myself praying this prayer of our Lord. God is always orchestrating our lives to produce permanent and visible fruit in our lives. As I look back over the last few months, I realize that I am not the same person as I was in January. This is as it should be. We should all be in the process of becoming more like the Lord Jesus.
And all of us have had that veil removed so that we can be mirrors that brightly reflect the glory or the Lord. And as the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him and reflect his glory even more. 2 Corinthians 3:18
In a fresh way, my life is the Lord’s to do with as He pleases. His great desire is that we all become like Him and He has an incredible ability to work, weave, cause, fit into a plan for good all things for His purpose. All He needs is our trust.
I like Amy Carmichael’s thoughts:
Instead of the word “submission”…I should write acceptance, for more and more, as life goes on, that word opens doors into rooms of infinite peace, and the heart that accepts asks nothing, for it is at rest, and the pilgrim of love does not need a map or chart: “I know my road, it leadeth to His heart.”
Thy will I accept, Lord, for joyful acceptance yields fruit, affords rest, and provides intimacy with You.
Love in Christ,
Cynthia Heald
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