The Editor: All God’s Will

Just the other day my father and mother were interviewed at the U.S. Embassy for a plan to go to America for some important purposes, and after my brother Micah and I prayed and done something more earnest for them, we learned the news when I called my mom. “God’s will prevailed,” she enthusiastically announced. I pressed for more, asking, “What do you mean, ‘God’s will’?”

She answered me, “Well, your father was approved.” Immediately my face fell quite a bit. She must have noticed my hesitation so she assured me, “Don’t worry, that’s what I prayed for—His Will. And I think He answered it. It’s His will I stay.”

God’s will. Well, I was not really sad about the news, but hey, that’s not what I prayed for. But, well, I know God’s way is way far better than mine. Romans 8:28 says that “all things work together for good to them that love God… to his good purpose.” Later thinking things up, I realized that yup, that’s the better way.

Have you struggled about accepting God’s will in your life? Well, you’re not alone. What is important is that we trust and lean on Him and wait on Him.

This is BDJ Online—feel free to read this week’s articles and comment on them. It’s God will! =)

---Bro. Elijah Abanto

elijah_baptist@hotmail.com.