If you were like me and grew up in church, then you know the Lord’s prayer. If you’re old school like me, you probably know the KJV version that starts off like “Our Father, who art in Heaven . . .”

You also know the part about Thy will being done on earth as it is in heaven.

I’m all for God’s will prevailing. Until it conflicts with my will. Until it means that what God wants trumps what I want, and God’s plans trump my plans.

If I’m honest, what I really want is for God to rubber stamp my plans and give me the green light for every desire and wish of my heart.

But deep down part of me knows that is not healthy. Especially when I look back and see what I thought I couldn’t live without. Or better still, trying to remember what it was that I lost sleep over all those years ago because it didn’t go the way I wanted.

I believe that if I knew what God knows and saw the whole picture of history and my existence (as opposed to the fragments that I can see and understand), then I would absolutely want what He wants and desire what He desires. I would probably also appreciate what I already have instead of always lusting and craving after what I don’t have.

In the end, it’s God’s will. Nothing more. Nothing less. Nothing else. The end.