Your earnest desire that God should be glorified is itself a token of grace, and we do well to bring every decision before the throne of Him who reigns above.
There is no attribute more comforting to the child of God than Divine Sovereignty. We must trace the hand of God in everything, and learn to admire it, for He does according to His will and His will is holy and wise. It is not by the multiplying of words, nor by repeating favor, favor, or miracles, miracles, as though God were moved by much speaking, that we prevail with Heaven. The Scripture shows us a better way. Moses made his great decision by faith, and faith alone enabled him to choose affliction with the people of God rather than the treasures of Egypt. So must every decision be weighed, not by excitement nor by the current of the world, but by faith in Jehovah and obedience to His Word. We have Divine work going before us, and we have a Divine command to follow where He leads.
If you would know true favor, remember that the Lord accepts the persons of His people through the sweet savor of the Lord Jesus Christ. The merits of our great Redeemer are a sweet savor in the nostrils of the Most High, purely offered, without selfishness, and all Divine. There is no favor apart from Him, and no blessing apart from being found in Him. Salvation is through Jesus Christ alone, by His atoning blood and righteousness, and every prayer that would be heard must come through that one Mediator.
The Divine Presence is the one hope of the people of God. When He visits His people, systems of error fall and hearts are melted. And Divine interpositions still come, not always by miracle as men count miracles, but by providential deliverance, by His Spirit working all our works in us, by keeping our feet from falling. Against principalities and powers we do not wrestle in our own strength, but we put on the whole armor of God and stand in Christ, trusting His shield to go before us and His sword to clear the way.
Let us pray together then, not for wonders according to our own imagination, but according to His sovereign will. O Lord God, we bow before Thy sovereignty and grace. Accept us not for our words but for the sake of Jesus Christ, whose merits are our sweet savor before Thee. Grant wisdom in this decision that has been laid before Thee. Let it be ordered by faith, and let Thy will be done. Thrust out every enemy that would hinder Thy glory, and enable Thy people to walk in obedience. Let Thy presence be our hope and our power, and let Thy grace be magnified in us. Keep us from evil, deliver us from the power of darkness, and cause Thy glory to be seen in the earth as Thou seest fit, for Thou alone art worthy. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, with thanksgiving, Amen.