The Will of God

Can anyone stop the Lord once he has decided on a matter? Most certainly not! And yet we spend so much time trying to do exactly that. Instead of misused energies, we should rather investigate the pursuit of Gods plans. God’s will shall come to pass and once we know what that is we find peace and even in the struggle of life we find rest. It’s the trial of life that God has willed into our paths that will bring about change and glorify His name; “Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.” (1Peter 4:1-2) - Stop trying to shirk your responsibility. Praying against the will of God is a futile exercise.

 

How then do I understand the will of God for my life? Firstly, I need to read the Bible, so if that has stopped happening. It would be a good time to start factoring that back into your daily routine. An important note to understand when reading scripture, context is crucial, it’s dangerous to isolate a verse and then run with it in spite of the context. But above all things, lock onto the finished work of the cross, remembering the Lord Jesus’ sacrifice and what it cost Him to save us from our sinful states. If and when we focus on Him it will be well with our souls.

 

The will of the Father was to send His only begotten Son the Lord Jesus into the womb of a young virgin, who was miraculously impregnated by the power of God the Holy Spirit. He was born and then lived on the earth for 33 years, he was not a prophet as some religions claim, He was God in the flesh, the creator of all things. All those who deny this fact oppose the will of God and their prayers carry no sway when it comes to having His ear. Sure, the Christian is surrounded by spiritual forces of darkness and other enemies opposing Gods will, with an objective to get all of mankind to do the same. They are and continue to cause mayhem whilst deceiving the nations and yet it all still falls under the will of God’s plans. I sifting of wheat from the tares, or separating the goats from the sheep. It’s exactly what they propagate and how people respond to their call that allows us to understand who is truly saved or not.  

 

The man Jesus then lived a life of sinless perfect, was judged for sin even though he was innocent, his end in the flesh was barbaric, he was beaten, whipped and then crucified, was buried and then three days after that was raised from the dead by His Father. His resurrected body was handled by doubting Thomas, who would not believe the testimony of others unless he saw and handled the resurrected Christ. Many others engaged with Him, in fact, there were many who could confirm that the Lord Jesus was raise from the dead; “This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.”  (Act 2:32) – On Judgment Day these witness will confirm the fact that Jesus was raised from the dead.

 

The purpose behind the plan of God involving His Son was to make a way of escape for all those who would understand their position before a Holy God, acknowledging that we are at fault and have not paid our Creator the due benevolence HE deserves. We have sinned against the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and because of this we need forgiveness. The love of God encapsulated in the Lord Jesus Christ, everything outside of Him, carries very little weight with God. He is the darling of Heaven, “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him would not perish but have everlasting life.” Without Christ’s seizure in our lives we will never be covered by God’s grace nor will we have his ear.

 

Therefore, for those who acknowledge their sin and earnestly seek out God’s forgiveness, for all those who cry out to Jesus for rescue will be saved from the looming judgement that will come. The Lake of Fire will be the sentence, a place of everlasting torment, with no escape. God has willed it, but He has also willed rescue for all who cry out to Jesus; “For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”” (Romans 10:13)

 

Will you call or roll the dice on fate and hope for the best against the will of God? If so I can assure you regret will encapsulate eternity.

 

Signing out

 

Tyrone