Thy Will Be Done

Every once in a while the Lord brings something across to my mind that lifts my spirit and puts me in awe of His grace and wonder. It’s almost like God connects SOME of the dots for me and I can see something that I have never seen before. God did it again this morning as I was driving to work, right out of the blue, so to speak, it just popped into my mind, thought after thought.

These are troubling times and there are times when I struggle with my faith, just like I am sure we all do. Not in believing who Jesus is and the reality of God, but more on the level of His connection to me and my connection to Him, in spite of my shortfalls, in spite of my limited understanding. The reality of this walk of faith that we follow is that the longer we walk, pray and study God’s Holy Word, the more we become aware of the vast difference between our holy and righteous God, and our own imperfect resemblance. Christ being formed in us is not always easy.

You folks all know that I am just an ordinary layperson, no special qualifications, no special abilities, just as imperfect as we all are. And it goes without saying that I possess some traits that must rub some of you the wrong way from time to time. Yesterday was probably a good example when I wrote on what could have been, with regard to the Church, as it relates to trusting in God.

Sometimes the concept is clear in my mind but I can’t always adequately express it in words. The problem isn’t with the concept as much as the problem lies with me, not being able to adequately but it down into words. So I take a shot at it anyway, knowing full well that it undoubtedly falls short of the mark. And sometimes those dots that are connected, still leave dots that aren’t connected and I too struggle with those. Now we truly know in part.

So I’m going to share the dots that came my way this morning, while on my drive to work and just list them and you yourself can put them together. Pray over these words, because they are not mine.

Thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven.
God’s perfect and holy will, righteous without blemish.
This earth does not display God’s perfect will.
In spite of how beautiful this world can at times be.
There is much in this world that is not of God’s will.
We see in the blessings and curses put before Israel
what could be, but the blessings have never been realized.
There is still sickness, there is still divided purposes.
Still discord and sin abounds because this world has been given to Satan, to rule for a time.
Satan offered it to Jesus but Jesus said His kingdom is not of this world.
This is a broken world, not in accordance with God’s perfect will.
God’s perfect will is what Jesus came to say and to do.
He and He alone has done it.
God’s perfect will was spoken to us by Jesus.
God’s perfect will was perfectly complied with by Jesus.
Even when Jesus returns and reigns in this world for a thousand years
This world will still pass away because that which was once given to Satan, will be reclaimed and then pass away.
God will create a new world and a new heaven
Behold all things will be made new.
God’s perfect will, will then be on the new earth and in the new heaven
Without blemish, without remembrance.
The former things will be remembered no more.
This is why the reality of Jesus the Christ, coming in the flesh to this earth, is so vital and the means whereby we are to test the spirits.
Jesus is God’s will, spoken and done.
Only once and forever.
It is finished Jesus said, on the cross, before He died.

It struck me as I approached my place of work, that within the Christian Church today, there are many, primarily within the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) movement, which is enveloping the Christian church at large like a raging cancer, whose grand purpose is to return God’s will to this earth. If you are not aware of or familiar with the NAR doctrine of “Dominionism” you can review it here. And I said to myself, how ironic, that Satan seeks to establish his will, which is a false representation of God’s will, in place of God’s will, here on earth. How diabolical is that? Ephesians 6:12 refers.

I personally believe that the NAR movement is the source of the many false prophets, with the accompanying false prophecies, and false signs and wonders, that Jesus warned us about, which will mislead many. Matthew 7:21-23 refers.

And what is the will of our Father?

John 6:40 NASB: “For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”

All this on my drive to work. Tell me our God isn’t amazing!

Worthy is the Lamb! Blessings!