Thy will be done

It is amazing how many times I've gotten caught up in the scope of God's will. Does he want me to x or y. Do I take this job or that? To I climb this hill or nap? I can get all spun around in the head trying to figure that all out. The reality is that I'm trying to out think God.

Yesterday the statement of Thy will be done left me looking at the 10 commandments and the incredible implication of the commandments.

You shall love the Lord your God.
You shall spend time in prayer, rest, worship not creating anything in order to allow God time to create in us.
Honor your father and mother. Recognize the incredible gift of their lives they have given to you. Realize it that they gave their very best as all parents do. Even if that was not that good we are to honor them and then return back to loving the Lord our God as best as we are able.
Do not kill because you do not have the right to decide for God the scope of anothers life. If you are angry enough to kill have you really accepted the first commandment and the implication that God has ways and means that we may not understand.
Do not commit adultery. God will provide a wife or husband. Be patient in waiting. Do not destroy the common life of another. Accept the partner that you have. Trust that through your wedding vow that God has brought you together for a purpose even if you can not see it.
Leave what is not your alone. Trust that God will bring those things, that daily bread to you.
Lying about someone in the attempt to protect oneself or bring greater gain to oneself is an indication that a person has forgotten to allow God to work it out. Is it we that deliver us or is it God? What will our choice be?
Spending time hoping for the life that someone else has will not be to our benefit. By focusing on anothers life we lose sight of the incredible gifts we have been given.


Each command seeks to turn me back to the first.