The Will of God

Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread. Today's reading titled The Will of God was written by David H. Roper. God's will is sometimes hard to follow. He asks us to do the right things.

He calls us to endure hardship without complaining, to love awkward people, to heed the voice inside us that says you mustn't, to take steps we'd rather not take. So, we must tell our souls all day long, hey soul, listen up, be silent, do what Jesus is asking you to do. My soul waits in silence for God alone. My soul waits in silence for God alone.

The verses from Psalm 62 are similar but different. David says something about his soul then says something to his soul. Waits in silence addresses a decision, a settled state of mind. Wait in silence is David stirring his soul to remember that decision. David determines to live in silence, quiet submission to God's will. This is our calling as well, the thing for which we were created.

We'll be at peace when we've agreed, not my will but yours be done. This is our first and highest calling when we make him Lord and the source of our deepest pleasure. I desire to do your will, the Psalmist said in Psalm 40. We must always ask for God's help, of course, for our hope comes from him. When we ask for his help, he delivers it. God never asks us to do anything he won't or can't do. Today's Our Daily Bread devotional scripture reading is from Psalm 62.

They take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse. Yes, my soul, find rest in God. My hope comes from him. Truly, he is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God. He is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie.

If weighed on a balance, they are nothing, together they are only a breath. Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods. Though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them. One thing God has spoken.

Two things I have heard. Power belongs to you, God, and with you, Lord, is unfailing love, and you reward everyone according to what they have done. Let's pray. Dear God, help us to do what David did in this psalm and fully trust in you. We may not always understand your will, but we ask for help to submit to it. Teach us to trust your good and faithful character, and give us submissive hearts. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Thanks for listening. I'm Stephen, and today's encouragement was provided by Our Daily Bread Ministries.