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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Will of God
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12:1,2)
"His good, pleasing and perfect will."
There are three forces that motivate man: his need to survive and be secure; the appetites and lusts of his body and soul; and his desire to achieve something of significance. Sitting on top of these three forces is his will. Until his will becomes one with the will of God, man is a potential destroyer of God's universe.
In all of eternity, and in all of the spiritual and physical universe, the will of God is the most important matter.
To know God's will and to do it—there is nothing else as worthwhile as this.
There are three forces that motivate man: his need to survive and be secure; the appetites and lusts of his body and soul; and his desire to achieve something of significance. Sitting on top of these three forces is his will. Until his will becomes one with the will of God, man is a potential destroyer of God's universe.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the full, perfect representation of the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is the doing of the will of God. "Your kingdom come. Your will be done in earth as it is in Heaven"
The Lord Jesus always comes to do the will of God. This also is to be true of us.
All sin has proceeded from Satan's desire to exercise his own will.
You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High." (Isaiah 14:13,14)
"I will ascend to heaven." The desire for spiritual exaltation.
"I will raise my throne above the stars of God." The desire for power over others.
"I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain." The desire for authority.
"I will ascend above the tops of the clouds." The desire for preeminence.
"I will make myself like the Most High." The desire to be worshiped.
These five desires characterize many who choose to live their life apart from the will of God. Several political leaders of our day exhibit these desires, and we can notice the havoc they produce.
I will! I will. I will! I will! I will!
Right here is the source of all sin. A creature of God has set his will against the will of God. Any time that a creature of God exercises his will apart from the will of God, every sort of destruction and misery occurs. The history of the world is one long tale of destruction and misery as angels and people have sought to express their own will.
To be continued.