“The deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end, but by His making us wait, bearing with us in love and patience until we are able honestly to pray what He taught His disciples to pray: Thy will be done” (Elisabeth Elliot).

I feel like there’s been a theme lately. I keep running across quotes from years past that are about God’s will and learning to wait for God’s timing. Could it possibly be that God is trying to get my attention?

I admit that at times I’m a slow learner. Perhaps this season is one where God can finally get my full attention without me being distracted by a million other sounds, noises, and voices. Maybe this is where I finally get to say and mean it, “Thy will be done.”

It’s one thing to say the words and still hedge your bets. I can say I want God’s will and still be working on a backup plan in case my own plan fails. But to get to the point where I pray God’s will knowing that if God doesn’t show up, I’m sunk, I’m done, is the ultimate surrender.

That’s where another prayer from the Bible comes in handy: I believe. Help my unbelief.