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Is helpless wishing all we can do?
The song When You Wish Upon a Star , written for the Walt Disney movie Pinocchio, was released in 1940. It was sung by a character called Jiminy Cricket and won the Academy Award for the best original song. This song has since become the theme song of the Walt Disney Company.
I found myself pondering the thought of dreams coming true today. I found myself thinking, “I wish things were different in certain aspects of my life.” If things were different, then I could rest easier and my life wouldn’t be so hard to deal with. I have a hard time relaxing until certain matters are taken care of. Sometimes things trouble me,and I lie awake at night fretting. No amount of wishing can make our problems go away. God wants to help. God wants us to find contentment. Matthew 6:25 reads, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?” We as Christians do not look to the stars for answers, we look to God.
God calls us out of this wishful thinking. We have the heart that says “Thy will be done.”
The sample prayer below gives us an example of how we should handle life’s troubling situations:
“In this manner therefore pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be thy name (Matthew 6:9),” and verse 10, “Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as [it is] in heaven.”
God’s heart is toward His children. He is our Master Potter and Master Builder and He is creating us in His image. Trials, we are told, build faith and many other virtues. See the first chapter of James to read about all the wonderful virtues that are developed in us by going through difficult situations.
“… knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience, ” (James 1:3), and verse 4, “ But let patience have [its] perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. ” Patience is a beautiful thing. It helps our minds focus on what God wants us to think (not “I” wish, but “Thy” will be done).
If Jesus had not had the mindset, in His last prayer to the Father before His crucifixion, of “…nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done (Luke 22:42),” we would not have the promise of eternal life from the Father. He yielded to His Father’s will. Christ learned “obedience by the things which He suffered (Hebrews 5:8).” We also learn as we follow in His footsteps.
Therefore, when we start yielding to wishful thinking, let’s ponder the words of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who did not fight against His Father’s will. He simply prayed, “Thy will be done.” Jesus also said, in John 16.23, that whatsoever we ask of the Father in His (Jesus Christ’s) name, will be given. That is not wishing on a star, but it is going to the Father for all our needs and desires.
Let’s continue in Christ’s footsteps. When our hopes and prayers are in line with God’s will and our dreams are subject to Christ’s example of: “Thy will be done,” then we can remain peaceful, and rest assured that we are doing God’s will. When you hope upon the Savior, your dreams come true.
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