Pastor W.F Kumuyi at the TUESDAY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT on OUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO FULFILLING GOD’S WILLi
HEBREWS 10:7,9
- 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
- 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
vs 7. As you look in the bracket in the parentheses, it says, “in the volume of the book it is written of me”. This is the Lord Jesus Christ talking here. We need to understand that since the Lord Jesus Christ came to this world, He already knew the will of the Father for Him, why He came to the world and He was going to do just that. He would commit, surrender and addict Himself to the will of God.
I Peter 1:18-20. The crucifixion and the shedding of blood of the Lord has been put in place before the foundation of the world and because He knew that, being committed to the will of the Father is just one thing He must do (Ephesians 1:4).
Early in His life at the age of 12, He asked His mother Mary why she was looking for Him, that He must be about His Father’s business (Luke 2:49). As believers, we must have the mind of Christ in doing the will of the Father. He was to do it always, ever, wholeheartedly, daily, perpetually, cheerfully, willingly and single-mindedly. This is what we should all live for because we are to be conformed to the image of Christ (Romans 8:29; Philippians 2:5; I Peter 2:21) It was the will of God for Christ to suffer for us. If He only worked miracles and fed the thousands but did not go to the cross, He has not done the totality of the will of God.
I John 2:6; 3:3. We are to be like Christ who did the will of the Father (ch 4:17) As Christ is, so must we be (I Corinthians 2:16) We have the mind of Christ. He did only and ever the will of God.
A. STEADFAST CONSECRATION FOR GOD’S PERFECT WILL. Psalm 40:8
The psalmist wrote that it was his delight to do the will of God, because the law of God is written on his heart (Hebrews 10:14-16) When we are sanctified, the words and laws of God are written on our hearts. Experiencing the efficacy of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ helps us to be saved and sanctified.
Remember the prayer the Lord taught us to pray? (Matthew 6:9-10) We will honour the name of the Lord. We will do the will of God as the angels do the will of God in heaven (Psalm 103:20) Angels do not do the will of God partially or selectively, occasionally, superficially, hypocritically, or seasonally. Rather, they do the will of God
Swiftly, Sincerely, Wholeheartedly, Promptly, urgently, loyally, fearlessly, faithfully, fully and freely. They go to carry out the will and mind of God instantaneously.
Acts 13:22; God rejected Saul and replaced him with David, a man after His heart who would fulfill all His will (Romans 12:1-2) By mercy He accepted, saved, sanctified, and brought us into His kingdom. You must not conform to the world because it does not do the will of God. Immediately you become born again, God confronts and challenges you to do His will (Psalm 143:10) He also gives you the strength to do His will.
Philippians 2:13. God, your Creator and Redeemer works in you the miracle of conversion and consecration to enable you perform His will (Hebrews 13:20-21) Every imperfection the Lord will take away from you, He will make you perfect to do His will and please Him.
When the old man hears the word and will of God, he hesitates, staggers, vacillates, waivers and struggles, delays and holds back. He calculates and bargain, reasons and weighs the options, Sanctification helps you to totally conform to will of God as it frees you from the old man. It unites you with Christ and brings you into a cheerful agreement to accept, delight in, perform and do the will of God. His will swallows yours and you go ahead to do whatever He wants, whatever the cost.
Colossians 4:12. This should be the prayer of all men of God for their members. Paul prayed for the Colossian believers that they will be totally and completely yielded to the will of God. This is after they have first prayed for themselves, then they will desire that the will of God be done in their members.
II Corinthians 8:3. The brethren in Macedonia, beyond their power went to great extent to give themselves to the Lord according to His will.
B. SINGLE-MINDED CONFORMITY TO GOD’S PREVAILING WILL. Acts 21:10-14
When the apostles heard that persecution, oppression and stiff resistance was waiting for Paul in Jerusalem, they tried to discourage him from going there. This is the same way it happens today, when people do everything possible to discourage us from doing what we want to do for God: evangelizing instead of doing overtime at work, etc. you will not agree to that. When Paul would not be deterred, the brethren then said, the will of God be done. His commitment was single-minded.
As a true child of God, the will of God must prevail over man’s, satan’s, or your private, personal and cherished will in life. You must be willing to fade away and be forgotten than that the mortal man’s will prevails against the will of God. Pharaoh may labour to see his own will prevail, Balaam and Balak, Joab and Absalom may plot to have their own will prevail, Nebuchadnezzar may kindle the fire so that the children of God will not do His will, Herod may kill to make his will prevail but not so with a child of God. He will not be like any of these people who do not know God. The ultimate joy every child of God is that God’s will alone prevails over his personal will.
Acts 20:22-24; 22:14-15. Right from the beginning, when Paul was converted, Ananias told him that the will of God was to be the prevailing force in his life. It is when the will of God prevails in our lives that we know that we are in the path of righteousness and on our way to heaven (Colossians 1:9; Ephesians 5:17,25) Do not be careless, or lack understanding of what the will of God is. It is the will of God that the church is holy, spotless and without blemish, with the marks of the old man totally taken away (ch 6:5-6) You have masters at work, parents at home, etc. obedience to them with honour and respect from the heart is the will of God.
The will of God will prevail in your attitude, characters and Christian experiences (I Thessalonians 4:3,7) It is the will of God that you are sanctified, so He made full provision for it. He has not called you unto uncleanliness, but unto holiness.
Hebrews 10:36-38. As a child of God willing to do His will, you have to be patient. Wait for God to fulfill His will in your life. You will not draw back unto perdition (I Peter 2:15-16) Don’t react like the people of the world, but stay in the centre of the will of God (ch 3:16-18) There are times you even suffer for doing the will of God. Bear it with lowliness and meekness.
I Peter 4:1-2. You stop sinning everywhere you are: at home, on the streets, in the bus, etc. You will not live your life to please men but by the will of God. Only those who do this will abide forever with the Lord.
I John 2:15-17. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. He that does the will of God abides forever.
C. SWIFT SIGNAL CONDEMNATION FOR GOD’S PERMISSIVE WILL. Numbers 22:12-35.
Some people say that the perfect will of God is too much for them. They should know that it is only the perfect will of God that counts. Permissive will of God comes to those who have been abandoned by God. It is the perfect will of God that Balaam does not go to Balak to curse the people of God. But when Balak sent more noble people and higher and bigger promises of wealth and promotion, he reneged and went with the men. He said he will ask God again if he should go. Does God change? No.
In the night, God gave a message to Balaam that he should go with the people. This is the permissive will of God and His anger was kindled on him for desiring to go. The permissive will of God brings His anger and judgment. The angel of God almost killed Balaam on the way. The permissive will of God will eventually destroy the backslider. The angel allowed him to go permissively (II Peter 2:15-17) The permissive will of God makes sinners to go out of the way. Every supposed instruction from God that is different from His will is permissive and will lead to hell fire.
Jude vs 11-13. People who abandon the will of God but delight in making money and acquiring wealth have gone in the way of Balaam (Ezekiel 14:6-10) Those who know the will of God but have idols in their hearts are tending towards His permissive will. Some people abandon the perfect will of God and go about, looking for prophets to prophesy for them (Jeremiah 18:12) They are willing to do the imagination of their hearts, and wants their will will prevail.
Psalm 81:11-12. Many people don’t want the perfect will of God but their own will. God gives them up to their own hearts’ lust, and abandons them (ch 106:113-15) Some people are always in a hurry, they no longer wants to continue praying or waiting for the will of God. God then gives them their heart’s desires and leanness unto their souls.
II Thessalonians 2:9-12. Some people, when looking for babies, healing, and deliverance, they don’t care where they go. This is unrighteousness and God does not delight in it (Romans 1:28,32) Since they will not retain the will of God in their hearts, He leaves them to continue in their pernicious ways.
You need to ask yourself today, are you following your own will or the perfect will of God? Declare that you will follow the perfect will of God (Hebrews 10:7,9).
Prayer:
- Pray and tell the Lord that He will help you to surrender to His perfect will. Every permissive will be gone in Jesus name.
- Pray for our Pastor, that God’s mighty hand will be upon him, and his spiritual and physical strength will be renewed on a daily basis.
Amen and Amen
By Kemisola Omoyiola
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