Can we customise God’s will?

Can we customise God’s will?

"There is no such thing as a ‘self-made’ man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success."– George Matthew AdamsTwo preachers in Wesley's time listened to his exhortations to sink their own wills and let God rule their lives. The exhortation of the great preacher went to the souls of the young men, and they resolved to let God direct them. They would have God first. They were in their room just before they retired to rest, and were telling their experiences in the good old love time of the early days of the Methodists.
\nOne of the young preachers was about to be married. John Wesley\'s exhortation had gone straight home to his heart, and this was his prayer: "O Lord, I wish my will to be sunk in thine concerning this step that I am about to take, and I do pray for thy guidance – thy guidance alone – in the choosing of a wife; but, O Lord, let it be Sarah." \n"Ah," said the other preacher, "that is an inconsistent prayer; the last paragraph is not in the line of a heart given up to God." \nI have detected myself often, in the various circumstances of life, using just such a prayer. I have put down a groove for Almighty God to work in; I have attempted to put shackles on the freedom and sovereignty of Almighty God; and He had to remind me that the choosing was altogether His – that the controlling of the destiny of my soul was His part alone. \n– J. Robertson.

One of the young preachers was about to be married. John Wesley's exhortation had gone straight home to his heart, and this was his prayer: "O Lord, I wish my will to be sunk in thine concerning this step that I am about to take, and I do pray for thy guidance – thy guidance alone – in the choosing of a wife; but, O Lord, let it be Sarah." "Ah," said the other preacher, "that is an inconsistent prayer; the last paragraph is not in the line of a heart given up to God." I have detected myself often, in the various circumstances of life, using just such a prayer. I have put down a groove for Almighty God to work in; I have attempted to put shackles on the freedom and sovereignty of Almighty God; and He had to remind me that the choosing was altogether His – that the controlling of the destiny of my soul was His part alone. – J. Robertson.