In Harmony with the Will of God

Reconcile yourselves to the will of God, and not to the will of the devil and the flesh; and remember, after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in and through the grace of God that ye are saved. -2 Nephi 10:24

Consider what it means to live your life in harmony with the will of God. Think about how His enabling power can come into your life as you turn to Him. How do you feel about letting God direct your life?
In theory, I think it is a great idea. He has more knowledge and foresight than I do, so why wouldn't I want him to? In reality though, it is a lot harder than that. I like having my autonomy. Don't get me wrong, in most things I try to choose in harmony with his commandments anyway. In fact, the biggest place I don't is in my addiction. I continue and study, to try to get all of my actions in better harmony. Even things like my parenting practices, although I have a long way to go there.

I guess there is nothing that should keep me from letting him. I also know (in my head) that as I sacrifice my will to him, I actually get more agency. I guess I need to put that into practice, so I can get a testimony of it.

What prevents you from allowing Him to direct your life?
The freedom I have. Which is silly, because my addiction takes away a lot more of my agency than God ever would. Still, I am not very good at following promptings. There was a time I was better, but I tend to think they are just my own thoughts and do a pretty good job at ignoring them. I also need to write down and review the inspirations I receive in meetings. I do write down things I get from conference, but I rarely go back to review them to see what I can get from them to implement into my daily life.

I also need to set some specific goals that will help me to remember to seek his will in my life. Maybe it can be something like praying every hour, which time period I decrease later to work toward a goal of "praying always." In that prayer, I could seek his will, because it is hard to let him direct my life, if I don't know what his will is for me. I will have to look at it some more today, although I am out of time for right now.

~Sean~