Are You Willing Or Won't-ing

My Utmost For His Highest

 

‘A person’s will is embodied in the actions of the whole person. I cannot give up my will— I must exercise it, putting it into action. I must will to obey, and I must will to receive God’s Spirit. When God gives me a vision of truth, there is never a question of what He will do, but only of what I will do. The Lord has been placing in front of each of us some big proposals and plans. The best thing to do is to remember what you did before when you were touched by God. Recall the moment when you were saved, or first recognized Jesus, or realized some truth. It was easy then to yield your allegiance to God. Immediately recall those moments each time the Spirit of God brings some new proposal before you.’ CHAMBERS

 

What is it that God has called you to do?  To go somewhere to serve Him .. or to be faithful right where you are.  The latter is no less important than the former.  (Ephesians 4:11-12 NKJV) “And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ[…]” We are all to be in ministry … all to be witnesses … all to be servants in the Kingdom.  (Ephesians 2:10 NKJV) “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” What is it that God has called you to do? Whatever the call is, to do it, you must be willing.  Many Christians struggle with living their new life in Christ.  Salvation is appealing to them .. but they fail to go beyond that.  They are unwilling to give God their lives but instead they choose to live like they always have with the addition of attending church.  Their lives remain focused on themselves and they miss what God has purposed for them.

 

(Romans 12:1-2 NKJV) “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”

 

Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)