God’s Will Hunting

One of my favourite songs to sing in church contains a set of lines that roll in my head more than any other.  On an almost daily basis as I go through my routine these words come back to me again and again.  In musical terms its call the bridge, that section of a song between a verse and chorus that follows a different poetic pattern so it stands out and drives the point home.  The words I’m referring to come from praise song simply entitled “Hosanna”;

Heal my heart and make it clean

Open up my eyes to the things unseen

Show me how to love like you have loved me

Break my heart for what breaks yours

Everything I am for your kingdom’s cause

As I walk from earth into eternity

Recently I have been struck by the notion of being in tune with God’s will.  Because human beings have been endowed with free will it is very often the case that our will and God’s do not align.  I got thinking about this a while back when I heard a preacher declare something along the lines of “the reason Jesus taught us to pray ‘your will be done’ is simply due to the fact that God’s will isn’t being done, if we are to make a lasting difference in the world we need to make sure we are aligned with God’s will.”  [Matthew 6:10]

BOOM!

The world isn’t messed up because of something God isn’t doing, it’s messed up because of the things we are doing that are contrary to God.

It shouldn’t be on God to fix everything, he didn’t mess it up – it’s on me!

KA-BOOM!

I was in a small group meeting several months ago when I witnessed the following exchange between  the leader and one of its members;

Question; “Why does God allow such horrible suffering?”  Leader; “Why do you?”

KA – BOOM!! MUSHROOM CLOUD – YEARS OF FALLOUT!

Every year at the end of August I find myself almost unconsciously taking some time to revaluate where I’m at with my journey through life.  It has to do with the way we align our calendars around the school year.  From the age of 5 it’s ingrained in us that life shifts gears on September 1.  The summer is over, time to get back to work.  This ebb and flow of the calendar year is so ingrained in our psyches that it’s become a part of our culture.   So as I sit here and prepare to move in to a busy fall of transition and the unknown, I pray earnestly for healing in my heart, open eyes, and the alignment of my will with God’s.

Listen to “Hosanna” and read all the lyrics here;