This is the last loftiest petition, beyond that there is nothing, for if
our wills are conformed to God's, then we are perfect and blessed.
1. The loftiest dignity of man is to obey. We have will: God has will.
Ours is evidently meant to submit, His to rule. He only is what he ought
to be whose whole soul bows to the divine command.
2. The will submitted to God is free, strong, restful. He does not
desire that it should be crushed or absorbed, but freely acting in
obedience. That will is truly free which is delivered from bondage, and
the burden of sin and evil. Submission to God strengthens the will. Sin
overbears it, as we all know. Obedience braces and nerves it. Submission
to God makes it restful. It is the conflict of self-will which troubles
us. Peace is to will as God does; so He flows through us, and He is 'the
living will that shall endure.'