Whatever God Wills, Will Be

Colossians 3:23 is my daughter’s life verse: “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.” Her diagnosis with T1D was hard. It was a scary day. But that morning, before we were rushing to the ER, she saw a bald eagle fly by through the back glass door in our kitchen. Before we knew, He knew. He threw the anchor out for her that day, and she has stood solidly with Him throughout. Some days, working with all her heart means crying out to the Lord. Others, it’s learning how to react fast to highs and lows. A lot of the work was in surviving it all at first. But she began to weave purpose into all of her pain quickly, asking her school principal how they could recognize diabetes awareness month, and turning to encourage others who were going through what she is on social media.

The will of God will come to pass. This isn’t what my girl pictured her life would be like, but who Jesus is to her has not changed a bit. He has surrounded her with friends, family, community and a church family – more than she or I could have ever asked for or imagined.

God’s will is unstoppable. The adventure of our lives is following Christ in pursuit of Him, discovering purpose and growing closer to Him along the way.  “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future’” (Jeremiah 29:11).

Well-meaning people told us we would grow stronger because of my daughter’s diagnosis. We are faithful Christ followers, but it will take time to look back on those strengthening moments with Hallelujahs and thank you Jesus’. We are thankful, but right now we are just pulling up the anchor of faith which kept us from downward spiraling when the life we knew was ripped out from under us.

Whatever God wills, will be.

We’ll never understand all of the “why did this happen to me” questions. But we don’t have to. All we need to know is how to throw out the Anchor when the storms rage, and lean into the One who gave it all to save us, and will never leave us.

Will we ever be thankful my daughter has diabetes? Never. If I could take it away from her, I would. It will be challenging for her entire life. It won’t always be as hard as it is in the beginning, and not nearly as hard as it’s been in the past thanks to modern medical technology and discoveries, but it will be hard. And through it all, we will seek “whatever.” Whatever God says. Whatever points us to Jesus. Whatever direction He nudges to go. We are all in with diabetes because we have be to survive. We are all in with God because we trust He has more in store for us than we could ever ask for or imagine. 

Glory to God in the highest.

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Meg is a graduate of Ashland University. She is a writer, author, editor, and digital content creator. She stepped away from her job in Internet Marketing in 2008 to raise her daughters, which gave her passion for writing a chance to shine through her blog, Sunny&80… Life within the Love of Christ. Meg has served as a Children’s Worship Team Leader and Middle School Leader for her local church. She founded and led the Breakfast Club Bible Study for Tweens, has served as a Young Life Leader and Committee Member, and led Women’s Bible Study. She has also volunteered as a content creator for her local church, studied Bible/Ministerial Training through Global University, completed COMPEL PRO Writers Training, and is Ethically AI Certified. A contributing writer for Salem Web Network since 2016, Meg is now thrilled to be a part of the team at Salem Web Network. You can find her entire library of books on her Amazon Author Page.