What’s Your Will?

How much do you love God? Are you willing to lay down your will and your life for Him everyday?
“…I die daily.”. 1 Corinthians 15:31

God has given you a “will” and he expects you to use your willingness to bring Him glory.
We have the will to do everything that
our heart’s desire.
* Does our heart desire to do and be what it pleasing to the Lord?
*Are you willing to take the blows that you may receive for your actions to do what you know to be right before God? *Can you bend your knees and say to the Lord “thy will be done in my life”?

Here is  a prime example of willingness to do the will of the Father.
*In Luke 22:42, (read the whole chapter when you can), our Lord
Jesus was in agony over what was about to take place and he went to pray to the Father, He told his disciples to pray and he went to a solitary place a little away
from them to pray in the 42nd verse this is what He said, “…Father, it thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.”

*So often we are seeking to do our own will in our lives and when we do we falter and cry and ask the Lord, why is this or why is that happening?

Some things happen to us sometimes we are tormented because of disobedience to what the Lord has instructed us to do.
No matter what it sounds like to us we must learn to Listen and Heed the instructions of the Lord, for the Lord will never tell us to do anything that is not for our good.

He knows what is best for us in every place we find ourselves  to be in.
* Want to be called a Friend of God? Be willing to do what is His will not your own.
*Romans 8:28 And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.

God uses work to develop character qualities that He plans to use at the appropriate time. In the small things we develop trustworthiness with God. The day-in and day-out grind of working life molds us and makes us into what God desires.
God may still be preparing you for something far greater. For now, however, you are learning the daily lessons of small things. Pray that you will be faithful.

Often we must go through a messy period of our lives in which all aspects of it are in disarray. It is in these times that God builds a new structure. He might remove some structural timbers in our lives and replace them with new ones. He might even add on another room. And unless this process takes place, we will never see the end product.
** The goal is more Christlikeness.
* In order to achieve this in us, He requires a period of removing ALL that is not of Him. It can be a painful process.
* God may be allowing a mess in order to ensure a fruitful harvest in your life. Learn from Him so that you might experience the fulfillment of His purposes for you in these times

“As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things” (Eccl 11:5).
God will often use circumstances in our lives to direct us in making and confirming decisions.
I have often discovered this to be the case – but only after a situation has occurred. I later look back and see how God worked in the situation.

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit” (Romans 8:1). All guilt and condemnation are clearly of the devil.
One meaning of the word condemnation is wrath. This is saying you won’t come under his judgment—that on the Judgment Day you will be free from his wrath.
But condemnation also means “the feeling of never measuring up to standards.” And the Word is teaching us that the believer shall not come under the feeling of never measuring up!

God remains in control. God allows bad things to happen, because he is preparing us for greater things.(Eccles. 7:14)
* Nothing can separate you from His love.
* God wants to turn your test into a testimony. Trouble is inevitable but misery is optional. IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT GOOD PEOPLE OVERCOME BAD THINGS.

Have you ever questioned God’s activity in your life? Have you questioned His love for you based on circumstances that came your way?

The cross at Calvary answers the love question. God sent His own Son in replacement for your sin.
If you were the only person on earth, He would have done the same.
God’s ways cannot always be understood or reconciled in our finite minds. That must be left for a future time when all will be understood. For now, entrust your life to Him completely. Embrace Him in the hard times and the good.
Ecclessiates 7:14 On a good day, enjoy yourself; On a bad day, examine your conscience. God arranges for BOTH kinds of days So that we won’t take anything for granted. Stay in Touch with Both Sides.
Father In the name of Jesus, Lord I thank you for this, another day. I thank you
Lord for your mercy and your grace, your love and your kindness. I bless you Lord this day.  I thank you Lord for being the captain of my soul for leading and guiding me in a right path. Thank you Lord for setting my feet on a rock and I thank you Lord that I am shielded and protected by you.
I thank you Lord for restoration. I thank you Lord for rest. I thank you Lord for
healing. I thank you Lord for provision. I thank you Lord for your love.
Lord I pray today that not my will but your will be done in my life.
I want to be and do what is totally pleasing in your eyesight. I want to be called a Friend of God, for you dear Lord are my true heart’s desire and I want to be all that you have made me to be, I want to do all that you have called me to do.   In Jesus name I pray. Amen