13 Bible Verses about Submission To God's Will
Most Relevant Verses
“I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your law is within my heart.”
Teach me to do Your will [so that I may please You],
For You are my God;
Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven [by believing in Me, and following Me] is My brother and sister and mother.”
He went away a second time and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.”
“I can do nothing on my own initiative or authority. Just as I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just (fair, righteous, unbiased), because I do not seek My own will, but only the will of Him who sent Me.
If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know whether the teaching is of God or whether I speak on My own accord and by My own authority.
And since he would not be dissuaded, we stopped pleading and fell silent, saying, “The Lord’s will be done!”
And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His plan and purpose for you].
not in the way of eye-service [working only when someone is watching you and only] to please men, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart;
equip you with every good thing to carry out His will and strengthen you [making you complete and perfect as you ought to be], accomplishing in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
The world is passing away, and with it its lusts [the shameful pursuits and ungodly longings]; but the one who does the will of God and carries out His purposes lives forever.
