THE WAYS OF GOD ARE MYSTERIOUS.
SOLDIERS OF CHRIST:
SOMETIMES WE FIND OURSELVES IN A SITUATION IN WHICH WE ARE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN WHAT WE MAY CONSIDER BEST FOR OURSELVES AND THE “WILL” OF GOD IN OUR LIVES.
THE HOLY BIBLE MADE IT CLEAR THAT, THE WAYS OF GOD ARE NOT SAME AS OURS.
ISAIAH, 55:-8-9 “FOR MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOURS THOUGHTS, NEITHER ARE YOUR WAYS MY WAYS, SAYS THE LORD.”
WE ALL KNOWN THE OUTCOME OF ADAM’S DECISION AGAINST THE “WILL” OF GOD IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN: THE CONSEQUENCE(S) OF WHICH MUST BE SUFFERED BY MANKIND. (GENESIS, 3:-19)
STUBBORNNESS LEADS TO REBELLION, BUT OBEDIENCE LEADS TO BLESSINGS AND GOD’S FAVOR.
ABRAHAM ALLOWED THE “WILL” OF GOD BY GIVING UP ISAAC FOR SACRIFICE: NOT ONLY DID HE RETURNED HOME WITH HIS SON, HE WAS ALSO BLESSED BEYOND HIS IMAGINATION.
PROVERBS, 3:-5-6 “TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND LEAN NOT UNTO YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATH.”
THEREFORE, LET US ENDEAVOR TO OBEY HIM WHO KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR US, AND ALLOW HIS “WILL” TO PREVAIL.
REMEMBER THAT CHRIST ALSO ALLOWED THE “WILL” OF HIS FATHER OVER HIS, WHILE PRAYING IN THE PLACE CALLED GETHSEMANE. (MATTHEW, 26:-36-39)
IN CONCLUSION: MAY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF AND GOD, EVEN OUR FATHER, WHO LOVED US, AND HAS GIVEN UNTO US AN EVERLASTING CONSOLATION AND GOOD HOPE THROUGH GRACE, COMFORT OUR HEARTS, AND ESTABLISH US IN EVERY GOOD WORD AND WORK. HE WILL ALSO LEAD US IN THE RIGHT PATH TO ETERNAL SALVATION.
IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.