“Your love is better than life! Therefore my lips will praise you” (Psalm 63:3).
When the heart is heavy, it reveals that God’s will is not yet the sweetest thing for the soul. It shows that true freedom, the kind that comes from obedience to the Father, has not yet been fully understood. It is a sign that divine sonship—the privilege of being called a child of the Most High—has not yet been lived in all its strength and joy.
If the soul accepted with faith everything that the Lord allows, even trials would become acts of obedience. Nothing would be in vain. Sincere consent to God’s plan transforms pain into offering, burden into surrender, struggle into communion. This surrender is only possible when the soul walks within the powerful Law of God and keeps His perfect commandments.
It is through this practical, daily, and loving obedience that the child of God experiences what it is to be truly free, truly happy. When someone accepts the Father’s will and lives according to His ways, even difficult moments become opportunities for worship. Obeying the Creator’s will is the only way to turn suffering into blessing, and burden into peace. -Adapted from Henry Edward Manning. Until tomorrow, if the Lord allows us.
Pray with me: Lord my God, I acknowledge that, many times, my heart is saddened because I still love my own will more than Yours. Forgive me for every time I resist what is right and refuse to see Your will as the greatest good.
Teach me, O Father, to obey You even in trials. I want to surrender everything to You, not only the easy moments, but also the struggles and difficulties. May every suffering I face be transformed into obedience, and may my whole life be a living offering before Your altar. Give me a heart that joyfully consents to Your plan.
Oh, Most Holy God, I adore and praise You for calling me Your child and giving me the chance to live for You. Your beloved Son is my eternal Prince and Savior. Your powerful Law is the key to true freedom, which breaks my chains and brings me closer to You. Your wonderful commandments are like sure steps on a path of peace and glory. I pray in the precious name of Jesus, amen.
