God's will versus mine

Today is raining - in little bouts with short reliefs inbetween.

The latest short relief gave me enough time to walk along two beaches to my favourite cafe - before the next bounty dribbled from the sky. By then I was sitting in peace drinking hot chocolate hoping for the next reprieve - just long enough to walk back to my car. It doesn't always work ofcourse. It's a little like praying for car parks! The traffic and sadly the weather rarely revolve around my desires or timetable.

However in the spiritual realm this is how God promises to work. He says as we seek Him first and His righteousness He will add everything else. Perhaps it won't include everything we want, or at least everything we think we want, but it will definitely include everything we need to achieve His will in our lives - to achieve His desires.

And this can even include the weather and the traffic if necessary!
So how can we know the difference? How can we develop our capacity to know His desires instead of just wanting our own?

Prayer is the place we can learn to tell the difference. As we listen we can recieve revelation from His heart, we can understand His desires and as we submit to Him they will become ours.