“Jesus said unto them, My meat (food) is to do the will of Him that sent Me, and to finish His work.”
In John 4, while Jesus ministered to the Samaritan woman at the well at Sychar, Jesus’ disciples went into the city to get food. When they returned, they asked Jesus to eat and He told them that He had “meat to eat that you know not of.” Jesus added that His food was doing the will of the Father. Not only did Jesus do His Father’s will, He has called us to do the same. We need to ask ourselves how carefully we follow God’s will for our lives – or if we even think about it. It is important that we know and do God’s will for our lives. God wants us to know and to do His will. God called upon people in the Bible to do His will. Abraham left his native Ur of the Chaldees in order to obey God’s will for his life. Moses left a comfortable shepherd’s job in Media to lead Israel out of Egypt because it was God’s will for his life. Moses was initially reluctant, but he did it anyway. We could cite many times in the Bible when people did God’s will, but we must remember that doing God’s will wasn’t just for people in the Bible. Both Abraham and Moses were flesh and blood people like we are, but they surrendered to God’s will. We should do the same. In His “Model Prayer” in Matthew 6:10, Jesus prayed: “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." All of us should pray for God’s will to be done, not just in a general sense, but in reference to our own lives. Jesus is the prime example of doing God’s will. We not only have the statement that He made in John 4, but we also have His prayer in Gethsemane, where He prayed: “…nevertheless not my will but your will be done.” Because of the will of the Father, Jesus did what was necessary for our salvation. All of this being true, we should take God’s will for our lives seriously as well. We need to know and do God’s will for our lives. The first step is for us to know God’s will for us. It is as simple as asking God what His will for you is. He will give you an answer in your heart and mind. Jesus knows what His will is for you, and He is ready to let you know what it is. Perhaps you need to know that He wants you to teach a certain Sunday School class, sing in the choir or be the outreach leader in your church. You just need to ask Jesus what He wants of you and listen with heart, mind and soul. The next step for us is to do God’s will for our lives. Obviously, it is not enough just to know what God’s will is. We must put hands, feet, hearts and minds to that knowledge and actually do God’s will. I remember that when I had to make a public decision concerning my call to the ministry, I was so nervous that my hands were sweating. I don’t recall a lot of what the preacher said that day in his sermon, because I knew that in order to do God’s will I had to take the next step. I knew that when I made that decision, my life would change and the way that people viewed me would change. There would be no turning back. That was fifty-three years ago, and I still remember the nervousness and excitement of following through on God’s will for my life. To be in God’s will, I had to do what I had to do. Though God’s will for you might not be as radical for you as it was for me, it will still be the same for you. Determine that once you know God’s will, you will do whatever it is. Are you presently living in God’s will for your life? Is what you do each day in your life now God’s will for your life? Reflect for a few moments on what you just read. Are you ready to do God’s will for your life? Bro. Joe
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