Doing God's Will

Hi everyone, I guess I'm officially the first person to start the blogging duty. Hope I won't be the last.

This is what I have learnt after doing my QT on Tues. I was reading John 7 where Jesus was teaching at the Feast of the Tabernacles. This event was one of the three Jewish religious festivals(according to Nelson's NKJV Study Bible), the other two were Passover and Pentecost.

The verse which Jesus spoke of which I want to share is from verse 16-17,

"My teaching is not my own, it comes from him who sent me. If anyone chooses to do God's will, he will find out whether I speak of my own." John 7:16-17

This verse speaks to me because I have been skeptical about doing God's will.

Eg. "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well." Matt 6:33. This verse means that nothing should be higher than God in my life. Not my career, relationships, grades, dreams and pursuits. This is a struggle because I want all these things of which most are really typical wants in a capitalist and prosperous nation like Spore.

Doing God's will requires a surrender of all these wants to God and seeking him first. This requires me to make different choices daily. One example would be choosing to take time to pray and read the bible at night instead of rushing to do work to impress my manager just because he can influence the grading for my attachment. Sometimes I feel that there is a conflict between what I want and what God wants.

Verse 17 reassures me because Jesus himself says that if I do God's will, I will find out if his words and promises in the bible like Matt 6:33 were empty words or whether he speaks the truth. That would either make Jesus a liar or truly the Son of God.

After meditating on this verse, I am confident of the promise that when I choose to do God's will, I will find out if all of Jesus's promises were from God and whether they were true. Only then will I be "able to test and approve what God's will is - his good pleasing and perfect will." Romans 12:2.

Thanks for reading. Do God's will today.


Ruijie