I will to do Thy will

Today's post is contributed by David Trotta:

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me. (John 6:38)

The bible teaches us that we can’t serve two masters.  We will grow to be devoted to one and despise the other (Matthew 6:24).

Who’s your master, God or self?  There’s an easy way to tell.  Answer the following question honestly…..When God’s will is at odds with your will, who wins?

Whoever wins out is a telltale sign of who rules your heart.  Whoever holds the place of greater importance will win out each time there is a conflict of wills.

Jesus came from heaven to do the will of the Father, not His own will.  He consistently denied himself, even to death on the cross, to ensure His Father’s will was done.  He focused on what pleased His Father, so His Father’s will always won out.

With Jesus as our example, we should have the same mindset. And, it’s not a one and done deal.  We will be faced with many decisions each day where we will have to choose between God’s will and our will.

How do we consistently choose God’s will?  We must work diligently on renewing our mind and developing our God-given mind of Christ (1 Corinthian 2:16).

We renew our mind by exchanging the inaccurate, flawed knowledge of the world system with the infallible truths of God’s word.  When we do that, we will begin to clearly see what the will of God is in every situation.

Then, like Jesus, through our words and actions, our lives will say “not my will, but thy will be done.”