Turning unreservedly to God - seeking God's will

[butterfly]

;);) I just thought I'd share this coz it's kind of funny. I have been thinking about the times when I've prayed to know God's will - what God wants me to do. I remember talking with a Christian Science practitioner once and she said when we turn to God - we need to do it unreservedly - without any of our own plans, biases or ideas on how things should turn out, what we would like to see happen etc. And the times when I've done this - when I've really turned to God wholeheartedly - and given up all my own plans - well, when I've done this, totally AMAZING things have happened! For example, once after doing this I got an idea to contact a local prison to volunteer and I was offered a job, another time I was led to the right car, another time I had an idea come to me about contacting an international exclusive resort and was offered holiday work. (I have learnt through my study of Christian Science that good ideas are from God - they're answers to prayer.) The very FUNNY thing is, that there's always that dumb temptation to think that if I ask God what She/He wants me to do - then it's going to be something I don't want to do, something REALLY boring or mundane - but in actual fact, it turns out to be the complete opposite - turns out to be the most amazing adventures! So I'm learning (slowly like the turtle) that God really does want the VERY best for me and when I surrender completely, that's what I get - the very best! ;)

[sparrowflies]

One of the hardest things I have ever had to do is to do totally nothing in a situation where I would really like to intervene in a human way. Its not always easy to trust God so totally but , sometimes, it is the only thing that will be best for all concerned. I just keep asking God, should I do or say this and He keeps saying, NO !!!!! I'll take care of it, this time, my Darling. :O)

[Starlight Rider]

In the past I've often been able to just let go and trust God, but lately, I've struggled with how this relates to the problem of free will vs. predestination. Mary Baker Eddy often wrote that we are "free moral agents" and she had no use for the concept of predestination, yet she always let God lead. I've really struggled to reconcile this.

More recently, I'm starting to get comfortable with the idea that my will and God's will are really the same. My desires are God's desires and vice versa. It is not a "my will vs. God's will" thing. But by letting God manifest the outcome of M/my will, things work out better because you are drawing on the power of the Infinite instead of relying on human skill or perspectives.

Interestingly, it was not any Christian Science publications that has helped me see this. As I struggled with this problem, I felt led to read Wayne Dyer's book The Power of Intention and I discovered these ideas there. What he calls "the field of Intention" is what we would calll God's will, and by aligning our desires with the field of intention (God's will) we invoke the power if the infinite all to bring our desires to fruition. I think this is compatible with MBE's statement in the first page of S&H,

Thoughts unspoken are not unknown to the divine Mind. Desire is prayer; and no loss can occur from trusting God with our desires, that they may be moulded and exalted before they take form in words and in deeds.

[Daniel]

when I put God first with real intent, answer's also tend to flow within that "still small voice." "Thy Will be done", I remind myself, could it be more clear?

I believe predestination is a limitation, a mortal concept; beginning and an end;a start and a finish; time, dates.

God gave us free will. This free will is infinite and Known to God. Does this make sense? I'm thinking without lines, ups or downs, out of the box so to speak.