God gave us free will.
I can choose to make bad decisions. He gave me that ability. Alcohol was my way of controlling the things in this world that frustrated or confused me. But it was an illusion. I was powerless the whole time. It turns out that alcohol took me further away from God—separation from God.
So, what is God’s Will? I think God’s Will is to let us have free will to choose to partner with him or not. What would the world look like if we were forced to do God’s Will? Ultimately, when I put aside my own will (control of my life,) I can freely choose God’s Will for my life. Then, I will know Peace.
Not until I took the alcohol out of the equation and completely surrendered my own will, did God reveal this to me.
Then it was quite obvious. The secret is in not having a stranglehold on my way, control of how I think it SHOULD be, but letting go and trusting that God has me in whatever condition I might find myself.
I searched outside myself for the answer in this world. I asked everyone who I thought may know more than I did about this, and they had no answers—just band-aids. When I gave up trying to find the solution here in the tangible world, I looked to God in prayer to guide and direct my thinking and actions.
It became obvious what I should do next. I could not not do what I was supposed to do. I just had to do it and not resist. To be available and show up, not knowing what the outcome would be. The “not knowing” part is the hard part.
When I was able to let go and trust that God could also handle my feelings, fears, and doubts—then, and only then, did the awesome miracle start to unfold right before my very eyes.
The opposite of doubt is not faith for me. The opposite of doubt is certainty. My faith (hope) is certain. True. Undeniable. Evidenced by all I see (and don’t see) in this world. God-given free will. I choose to believe. I would go as far as to say that my free will is now God’s Will. I choose to turn all over to God, so His Will can be done in my life.
If this world that God made is the evidence for Himself, wouldn’t it follow that there is evidence of the supernatural world—the spiritual realm? The peace I know when I surrender to His Will of my own free will is my evidence.
No God, No Peace.
Know God, Know Peace.
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Hebrews 11:1
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