Matthew 6:10 Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done In Earth, As It Is In Heaven.

"Thy will be done in earth…" the words are so easy to say but so hard to do. Being human, we want to fix what hurts. When we hurt, naturally we want to do something to make the pain go away. When we hurt, we want to do things ourselves to find comfort. So where is the will of God when the pain comes? Too often we unknowingly push away the will of God in favor of trying to make the pain go away by our own means and methods. When we hurt, we can let the will of God filter down into us. When we hurt we must try to both say "Thy will be done" and we must LET God's will be done. When we hurt we are not to give up on life, we are not to give up on ourselves, we are not to give up on our medical professionals, or we are not to give up on God. When we hurt we are to let God's will be done in our pain. When we let God's will be done in our life, we will find incredible peace, then His comfort. Our pain is not God's will. Our pain can be soothed by God's will filtering down into the deepest part of our soul. Do so, let's God's will be our comforting guiding hand in every adversity. The will of God will never lead us to more pain and trouble. The will of God leads us to peace on earth and later peace in heaven.

1 Thessalonians 3:7 Therefore, Brothers, In All Our Distress And Persecution We Were Encouraged About You Because Of Your Faith.

Our victory over pain is elusive and often unknowable. No one may know about our victory but our Lord and us. There are no parades, no celebrations, and no commendations for heroism in our pain. We very seldom ever get a glimpse of when we win out over the pain. Most of the time, we have no sense of victory because even when the pain leaves us, we have no remaining sense of power to make the pain go away again. However, even when we are absolutely certain we have been and are now living in defeat because our pain has not gone away, we must remain.

We must hold on because holding on and keeping what little faith we have is the victory.

When Satan, who is the author of death and pain, tries to attack us with pain, our not giving up and not giving in is the victory.

Our faith in Christ is the reason we desire to stay alive while even in our pain our desire to stay alive is the victory.

Our desire to live one more moment to thank Him for blessings, blessings held only in the hands of those who may never know us, is the victory.

Our desire to pray one more moment when we are too distracted to pray because of our pain is the victory.

Our resolve to never give up or give in, even when our resolve is now only a whisper in the deafening pain within us…our resolve is the victory.

Even in our pain, our silent words spoken within our heart at the moment just before we leave this life, our silent words saying, "Precious Lord, I love you" is the victory.

Isaiah 63:9 In All Their Distress He Too Was Distressed, And The Angel Of His Presence Saved Them. In His Love And Mercy He Redeemed Them; He Lifted Them Up And Carried Them All The Days Of Old.

When your pain makes you angry…

When your pain makes you depressed…

When your pain makes you weep…

When your pain makes you want to get even…

When your pain drives you crazy…

When your pain pushes you in directions you do not want to go…

These are the times when your pain owns you.

These are the times when your pain becomes your master…when you become a slave of your pain.

When you find you are no longer able to be your own person but instead are the person controlled by the pain, stop everything for just a moment. In that moment when you have stopped everything, you are no longer a slave. In that moment, reassert your power to think on your own. In that moment of your freedom, praise God. In that moment of your freedom, let God wrap His love around you.