
When Your Will Differs from God’s Will
A devotion from Daily Guideposts to help you through disappointment and discouragement when things don’t go as you planned.

A devotion from Daily Guideposts to help you through disappointment and discouragement when things don’t go as you planned.

And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.—Mark 4:19 (KJV)

And I will pray the Father, and He
shall give you another Comforter, that
He may abide with you forever.—John 14:16 (AKJV)

When you are uncertain about your future, trust Jesus to direct your paths.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.—Philippians 4:6 (NIV)

Set your minds on things above,
not on earthly things.—Colossians 3:2 (NIV)

Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, and tell them to take up twelve stones…—Joshua 4:2-3 (NIV)

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at.”—1 Samuel 16:7 (NIV)

Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”—Luke 9:62 (NIV)

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.—John 8:36 (NIV)

I will not leave you comfortless:
I will come to you.—John 14:18 (KJV)

And He said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”—Matthew 18:3–4 (NIV)