We pray, “Thy will be done.” We encourage others by saying, “If it is God’s will, it will work out.” But do we really understand God’s purpose for our lives? Do we know how to live in the center of His will?
You can walk daily in power and confidence, with a clear path leading to the blessings God desires for you. The key to experiencing depth of peace and certainty lies in God’s will. Discover how you can live knowing your life, actions, and prayers are making a difference, and ultimately find a place of strength with rest and joy with fruitfulness: the very center of God’s will.
Andrew Murray(1828–1917) was an amazingly prolific Christian writer. He lived and ministered as both a pastor and author in the towns and villages of South Africa. Some of Murray’s earliest works were written to provide nurture and guidance to Christians, whether young or old in the faith; they were actually an extension of his pastoral work. Once books such asAbide in Christ, Divine Healing,andWith Christ in the School of Prayerwere written, Murray became widely known, and new books from his pen were awaited with great eagerness throughout the world.
He wrote to give daily practical help to many of the people in his congregation who lived out in the farming communities and could come into town for church services only on rare occasions. As he wrote these books of instruction, Murray adopted the practice of placing many of his more devotional books into thirty-one separate readings to correspond with the days of the month.
At the age of seventy-eight, Murray resigned from the pastorate and devoted most of his time to his manuscripts. He continued to write profusely, moving from one book to the next with an intensity of purpose and a zeal that few men of God have ever equaled. He often said of himself, rather humorously, that he was like a hen about to hatch an egg; he lă]