Are You Willing To Do God’s Will?
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
John 4:34
We are admonished to seek out the will of the Lord. In Ephesians 5:17 we read, “Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.”
To know the will of God is the highest of all wisdom. Jesus said, “If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God” (John 7:17).
Living in the center of God’s will rules out all falseness of religion and puts the stamp of true sincerity upon our service to God. As the Bible says, “Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart” (Ephesians 6:6).
You should covet the will of God for your life more than anything in the world.
You can have peace in your heart with little if you are in the will of God; but you can be miserable with much if you are out of His will.
You can have joy in obscurity if you are in the will of God, but you can be wretched with wealth and fame out of His will.
You can be happy in the midst of sufferings if you are in God’s will; but you can have agony in good health out of His will.
You can be contented in poverty if you are in the will of God; but you can be wretched in riches out of His will.
You can be calm and at peace in the midst of persecution as long as you are in the will of God; but you can be miserable and defeated in the midst of acclaim if you are out of His will.
All of life swings on this divine hinge: the will of God. So it is all-important that we discover His plan for our lives.
Have you discovered God’s plan for your life yet? Have you asked?
Our Father and our God, I want to be wise and to live in the center of Your will. Give me that wisdom. Teach me how to live for You in every different area of my life. Show me true faith and how to practice it. I would be pure and holy like Jesus Christ, in whom I pray. Amen.
Billy Graham, Unto the Hills: A Daily Devotional (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 2010).