Jeremiah TiptonFounder in president of David Hernandez ministries

The River of God's Will

5 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this devotional teaching, the speaker argues that many Christians misunderstand prayer, treating it as a tool to alter God’s will. He uses the metaphor of a fixed river to illustrate that God’s will is unchanging and already set in motion. Prayer, therefore, is not about redirecting the river but about entering it—joining its flow and aligning oneself with God’s Word and purpose. By praying “Thy will be done,” believers synchronize with God’s will, allowing the divine Word to dwell within them, resulting in spiritual completion and fulfillment.

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Many believers don't recognize what prayer actually does. The will of God is like a fixed river. The direction and the flow is set. Some believers look at prayer as a means of trying to change the direction of that river. Prayer is not you changing the direction of the river. Prayer is you jumping into the river and joining the flow. Amen. So then, when I pray the Word, I'm aligning myself with the Word. And when I pray what God's will is, I'm praying his will. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. I'm praying in alignment with him. And when I pray in alignment with him, his Word is in me, I am in him, and it's done. It's finished. Why? Because now I've aligned myself with him.