thy will be done . . .

Isn't it interesting that we all know the Lord's Prayer by heart, but seldom understand the sentences we are saying, particularly "thy will be done".
I always imagined that meant, goodness, sweetness and love all over the earth.  OK, that's not wrong.  But it's also not all.  For instance in our own lives, we seem to live under the fog that we don't really know what God's plan is for our lives; it's something hazy out there in the unknown and we just hope that we are going in the right direction - but we aren't sure.  It's a bit like stumbling around in the dark, feeling with our hands.
And then I discovered that God had no problem showing me what His plan was for my life.  All it really took was for me to surrender my own plans and open my heart and mind to what His were.  Then piece by piece He began showing me things that I thought were just tiny little daydreams that popped into my mind from somewhere out there.  At first it was just a flash of a picture; like the one of me & Dennis sitting on a small balcony overlooking a city and a bay at night - all the lights of the city twinkling - and the aroma of wonderful food wafting up to us - and I knew we were somewhere in South or Central America.  This little "vision" flashed through my mind in just a second.  But it was so real that I could almost smell the food and feel the breeze from the bay.  I thought it was a really cool dream, or desire that suddenly popped into my mind.  But later on, He reminded me of that moment and showed me that it was a moment that could happen in my future if I knew it came from Him and if I believed that He could do it - but more than that - believe that He was going to do it.  He showed me that moment was surrounded by circumstances I couldn't see in a "snapshot" - why we were there, what we were doing during the day.  And He reminded me that when we submit to His plan, two things are accomplished: His plan, and our desires (better than we could have ever done them).  He showed me that I was there doing His work, but as I worked He was blessing me.  My faith mixed with His plans and then mixed with my belief and confessed out-loud is a mixture that causes action in the supernatural realm.
I know this "snapshot" is going to happen in my life.  How do I know?  Because I know it was His plan, not mine.  And because He has done this before to me.  Only, I didn't know and understand that it was Him.  There have been so many of these "snapshots" in my life.  Some of them happened and some didn't.  I always thought they were just little dreams of my own making and it was a crap-shoot whether they happened or not.  But now I know it's God's way of involving us in His plan and if we would cooperate and do the second step - believe and confess - more of these moments would actually happen.
He showed me that I was giving myself far too much credit for inventing these moments in my mind; because they weren't actually in my mind - they were in my spirit.  And that is why I could actually smell the food and feel the breeze.
He is a much better God than we give Him credit.  He is much more capable of performing great and awesome works and miracles in our lives than we can conceive.  If we would only rest and give up the reins of control to Him; He actually loves us more than we love ourselves.  But we think we will only achieve our desires by firm hands on the reins and a little luck.
We were redeemed with a great price.  Do we really think He paid that kind of price to leave the planning in the hands of our "pea-sized" brains?  We aren't nearly capable of conceiving the wonderful things He has in store for us while we are doing His work (which by the way, won't feel like "work").
This "snapshot" is a very small piece of a plan for my life that He has been unfolding for me in the last few months.  A plan that I never knew about until recently.  Not because God just now conceived it; no; He knew about this plan before I was born; but I just now began learning to cooperate and listen.
I don't have to be afraid that he is going to put me somewhere horrible where I'll be miserable.  He isn't a "horrible" kind of God.  He doesn't conceive "miserable".  If it looks "horrible" or "miserable" right now, then crawl into His heart and wallow in His love for awhile until you can see the "plan".   Ask Him to show you.  He will.  And when He does - Believe and then Confess it is yours.
This life is a very meaningful and very wonderful adventure when we do.