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Weekly Edition #78: July 22nd, 2026
Verses I Like:
“Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”
Weekly Dose
I don’t like when faith becomes a buzz word in some circles and gets treated as if it just a wish.
Faith is not believing God will do what I want when I want it.
It is trusting that what God wills is better than what I want. Because if I could only see the bigger picture, it would also be what I want.
I’ve really been trying to grapple with the fact that prayer is not meant to bend God's providence toward my preferences.
It is meant to bend my heart toward His. It is a challenging lesson, but I think it boils down to one question:
Can I trust an answer from the Lord that disappoints me?
Quotes I Like:
"The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us."
"God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him."
"He knows what He is about."
Mane Message
On the theme of trusting God’s plan, David's response in 2 Samuel 12 has always struck me as one of the most difficult pictures of faith in Scripture.
After his son becomes gravely ill, David pleads with God for mercy.
He fasts. He prays. He lies on the ground through the night.
He doesn't simply offer a quick prayer and move on. He pours himself into it, hoping that God might relent.
Then the child dies. David's servants are terrified to tell him. They assume his grief will only deepen.
But instead, David stands up. He washes himself. He changes his clothes.
And then he walks into the house of the Lord and worships.
What changed? Not the outcome. Only the certainty of God's answer.
David understood something that I struggle so much with.
While the answer had not yet come, he prayed with hope. Once it had come, he trusted with humility.
I wish I had this level of faith.
I often find myself praying sincerely, yet quietly assuming that God's blessing must look like the outcome I want.
Then, if His providence unfolds differently, I catch myself looking backward wishing He had answered according to my plan.
Faith isn't believing God will always give me the answer I want. Faith is believing His wisdom is greater than mine—especially when I don't understand it.
David didn't stop loving his son. He didn't stop grieving.
But he also didn't spend the rest of his life wishing God's providence had been rewritten.
He worshiped the same God after the answer as he did before it.
That the way to do it. Ask boldly. Hope honestly.
And then, whatever the answer may be, trust that God's will is still better than my own.
Weekly Ponder
When I pray and “submit” to the Lord, am I actually and earnestly surrendering my desires—or am I hoping that God will like the sentiment and just give me what I want?
Try and think of all the things that could have gone wrong or gone bad that the Lord protected you from through His grace, despite your complaining and begging to bring on disaster.
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