When it comes right down to it, one of the most dangerous things God gave us as His children was a will. We read, speak and sometimes sing, I WILL bless the Lord at all times, I WILL give thanks to the Lord with all my heart, I WILL tell of your wondrous works, I WILL sing praises to Your name, O Most High, and so on and so on.
In my opinion, when we say I Will, this is what we have chosen to do. And because of the unique and wonderful way God made us, we get to decide if we’re going to do something or not, and more importantly, if we will obey Him or not, and even choose Him or not.
Within my favorite prayer it reads, “ Your Kingdom come, Your WILL be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven”, this statement is saying a lot and I have always asked, what does this mean. In order for us to make this manifest, we first have to understand what His Kingdom is and and what His will is.
Which brings back to my mind the message Jesus preached about, “Seeking first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness”. Because we fell and were no longer in right standing or position with God; had no guidance or direction from the Holy Spirit; is it safe to say we had no idea of what His will was or is.
His Kingdom is His government, His will is the laws, purpose, intent and standards in which He set everything up to function. So what Jesus was saying, is change your way of thinking and doing things, the King’s government is here, He brought it on His shoulders and would now show us how to set it up. He knew they had read about it, but y’all know just as they did then, we need a visual, we need something we can see.
He was announced as the coming King by John, He was also baptized by him, and in doing so He was stating that He was in agreement with the same teaching, “Repent, the Kingdom of Heaven is near”. He then chose for Himself students (disciples) that He would cultivate/transform into God’s way of thinking, doing and living, by showing them and us.
He was sent from the Father so He had what we needed and He knew what God’s will was for mankind. Jesus was letting us know that the FIRST thing we needed to get was an understanding of how God’s Kingdom functions. Without doing so, we would not have the true knowledge of what His will was for us nor complete the original assignment He gave us in making earth look like Heaven.
Jesus and His pupils would display to the world what God’s ideas, thoughts and plans were for His sons and daughters. Just as those He selected, elected to get up and follow Him, we too must choose today, if we will accept, line up and receive His teaching and say never the less, not my will, but your will be done.