“Next the devil took Him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. ‘I will give it all to you,’ he said, ‘if you will kneel down and worship me.’” (Matthew 4:8-9 NLT)
If you want all the glory the world has to offer all you have to do is kneel down and worship Satan. And remember, that’s not necessarily the posture of your body as much as it’s the posture of your heart and mind. Worship isn’t defined by what comes out of our mouth, but what resides in our heart. Many today revere God with their words but are devoted to Satan in their heart. How about you?
What are you willing to allow God to do in and through your life? What has He asked of you that you haven’t done? Where is He directing you to go that you haven’t gone? What has He asked you to give up that you’re still doing or holding on to? Who has He asked you to speak with about Him, but it hasn’t happened yet?
Just like Adam and Eve in the garden we have free will. It is our choice alone that determines who will rule and reign in our heart and mind. But because of their sin and our human nature with its undeniable bent to sin that we inherited from Adam and Eve, we now must make the conscious decision to choose Jesus to be our Lord and Master. Our default position as a human being is to choose our way, not God’s way.
Perhaps you’ve asked God something like: “Lord, what do You want from me? What do You want me to do, say, think, etc. in any given situation?” And the irony is, He’s made known the answers to those and many other questions, crystal clear in the Bible, His holy Word. What He wants is YOU: your allegiance, your obedience, your devotion, your desires, ambitions, in short, your will! He wants your will to equal His will – to be one and the same.
The Lord’s desire is to create you anew through the power of His Spirit when you yield your will to Him. Paul addresses this in 2 Corinthians 5:16-17 when he wrote: “So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know Him now! This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”
Submission to Christ’s authority isn’t captivity, it’s liberation! How so? Knowing Jesus and following His commands and directives is the only path to becoming who we were created to become. Satan robs us of creativity and the full development of the person God created us to be. He seeks to keep us focused on material things that have no eternal value, rather than the Lord Jesus who modeled for us what it means to be truly alive.
God’s will and desire for you is to become the person He created you to be, but the only way that can happen is if you give Him permission. So, I’m back to my original question: “What Will You Allow God to Do?” Will you allow Him to save you, transform you, guide, guard, and hold you? Will you allow the Lord Jesus to cherish you as His child, equip you to be more than you ever dared dream you could be, and gain glory through your submission to His authority in your life?
When your will becomes His will, you’ll see Him in a whole new light. Reading, studying, memorizing God’s Word won’t be a chore, but a delight; prayer will become your lifeline, and serving in a local body of believers will become the joy you never dreamed it could be. Your whole life’s orientation will be to see your loved ones, friends, neighbors, and others He puts in your path, come to Him and begin their life’s journey to heaven.
Food for thought.
Blessings, Ed 😊
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