—-be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. —Romans 12:2
Most people are miserable because they resent and resist God’s will. They have no interest in His interest–no desire to do what He desires. However, believe it or not, some people are miserable because they are trying to please God. Regardless of what they do, how much they do, or how well they do it, they feel it is never enough. If that describes you, these words from A. B. Simpson (1843-1919) should be helpful:
Many Christians are in the place that the Lord has appointed them, and yet the devil is harassing their lives with a sense that they are not quite pleasing the Lord. If they could just settle down in the place that God has assigned them and fill it faithfully and lovingly for Him, there would be more joy in their hearts and more power in their lives. God puts us in various places to serve Him, and the secret of accomplishing the most is to recognize our place as designated from Him and our service in it as pleasing to Him. Even in the great factory or the complex machine there is a place for the smallest screw and rivet as well as the great driving wheel and piston. So God has His “small parts” whose business is simply to stay where He puts them and to believe that He wants them there and is making the most of their lives in the little spaces that they fill for Him. There is something all can do, Tho’ you’re neither wise nor strong; You can be a helper true, You can stand when friends are few, Some lone heart has need of you, You can help along.
