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Echoes of The Right to God
I Used To Pray to do God's Will
Now I pray this...
By Rise Ruhl
Now I pray this...
By Rise Ruhl
Rise Ruhl has lived and traveled all over the world, but a piece of her heart
is always with the Good Shepherd Children's Home, a Christian home for
abused, neglected and orphaned children in Honduras.
In lieu of payment for this article, a donation was made to Good Shepherd Children's Home in Rise Ruhl's name.
To learn more about Good Shepherd Children's Home, please visit here.
In lieu of payment for this article, a donation was made to Good Shepherd Children's Home in Rise Ruhl's name.
To learn more about Good Shepherd Children's Home, please visit here.
God, tell me what you want me to do. God, lead me to the task you have for me. God, please
make abundantly clear what you want me to do to further your kingdom. These are words I
prayed in earnest. I wanted to do his work. I wanted to follow his guidance. So I prayed like this
regularly for years. If I fell into something that seemed to be God's work or that would further his
kingdom, I thanked him, thinking it was his will that I do that task, take care of that person, do
whatever deed fell in my lap.
I did what I thought was God's will for a long time. Moving from one deed to the next, one task to the other. At times, it filled me. Other times, maybe not so much. But that was okay, because it was for his glory, not my own.
Then one day, for no apparent reason that I can recall, I started praying like this, "God, help me to be the woman you created me to be." I didn't know what that might mean. I didn't know where that might lead me. I just suddenly knew that it was not a deed, not a task, not a job, and not a list that I needed to follow to bring him glory. It was being all that I could be for him. So everyday I asked, help me be the woman you created me to be.
Over time since I started asking for that simple thing in my life, I have found that some days I am hit square in the face with someone who God has obviously put in my path. Other days, not so much. But I am trying to hard to live my life with the premise that every time I meet someone or speak with them or pass them in the hallway at work or on street, I may be able to touch them for God. So many times it has come back to me later, like when an acquaintance who has heard me mention the Good Shepherd Children's Home in Honduras asks how she can help. Sometimes it's when a co-worker shares with me ---to my surprise--- that I inspired them to maintain a better attitude.
Recently a friend shared with me that they felt I had been blessed at work because I am so quick to help others at work, share my knowledge, and to do so willingly. This has all been a part of my prayer to be the woman God created me to be. Not to further myself in any worldly way, but to be only that woman I was put here to be. Not to just do his work, but to be his work.
I did what I thought was God's will for a long time. Moving from one deed to the next, one task to the other. At times, it filled me. Other times, maybe not so much. But that was okay, because it was for his glory, not my own.
Then one day, for no apparent reason that I can recall, I started praying like this, "God, help me to be the woman you created me to be." I didn't know what that might mean. I didn't know where that might lead me. I just suddenly knew that it was not a deed, not a task, not a job, and not a list that I needed to follow to bring him glory. It was being all that I could be for him. So everyday I asked, help me be the woman you created me to be.
Over time since I started asking for that simple thing in my life, I have found that some days I am hit square in the face with someone who God has obviously put in my path. Other days, not so much. But I am trying to hard to live my life with the premise that every time I meet someone or speak with them or pass them in the hallway at work or on street, I may be able to touch them for God. So many times it has come back to me later, like when an acquaintance who has heard me mention the Good Shepherd Children's Home in Honduras asks how she can help. Sometimes it's when a co-worker shares with me ---to my surprise--- that I inspired them to maintain a better attitude.
Recently a friend shared with me that they felt I had been blessed at work because I am so quick to help others at work, share my knowledge, and to do so willingly. This has all been a part of my prayer to be the woman God created me to be. Not to further myself in any worldly way, but to be only that woman I was put here to be. Not to just do his work, but to be his work.