I am such a big fan of prayer. I don’t think I have gone a day in my life without praying. It is such a part of me that it is like breathing. Even when I am not praying, my thoughts are continually including God in their midst.

The other morning as I was laying in bed I heard the words, “Not my will but Thine be done.” I know Jesus said those words but why were they echoing through my brain?

I started thinking about the Lord’s prayer and the passage which says “Your kingdom come. Your will be done. On earth as it is in heaven.”

I began thinking more about what I do every day. I do home health nursing and I know this is a necessity. I have bills to pay. I also have three children in college and I need to help them pay for their expenses. I am very busy and my job is serving other people so that would be God’s will wouldn’t it?

Not exactly. God has said in no uncertain terms that I am to be a Christian writer. Well, I am blogging right? Yes, and most of my blogs relate to Christ and God but that is still not fulfilling God’s will. His will is for me to complete my first novel and then write several more.

Many of the things I do in my life I do to please others. I am a nurse because it pays the bills and provides for my children. I am a writer because I am called by God to be a writer and so far it hasn’t paid many bills. I am assured that it will when I publish my novel.

So many times I think we do things to please people and we fail to realize that we are placed on earth to please God.

I think if we truly wish for God’s will to be done on earth as it is in heaven it can be a life changer.

Do you know what God’s will is for your life? If you do know, are you fulfilling His will or your own?