TODAY'S LESSON: THY WILL BE DONE
DO YOU LIKE IT WHEN YOU GET YOUR WAY?
OF COURSE YOU DO, WE ALL DO.
BUT JUST BECAUSE WE LIKE IT
DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S THE WAY IT OUGHT TO BE.
DO YOU THINK JESUS WANTED TO DIE ON THAT CROSS?
I SERIOUSLY DOUBT IT.
MATTHEW 26:42 SAYS THIS,
HE(JESUS) WENT AWAY AGAIN THE SECOND TIME, AND PRAYED, SAYING, O MY FATHER, IF THIS CUP MAY NOT PASS AWAY FROM ME, EXCEPT I DRINK IT, THY WILL BE DONE.
WELL, THAT WAS THEN AND THIS IS NOW.
OK, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT
BUT LET'S SEE WHAT GOD HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT.
ROMANS 8:28
AND WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD, TO THEM WHO ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.
EACH OF US IS HERE FOR A PURPOSE.
SOME OF US HAVE FOUND THAT PURPOSE,
SOME OF US HAVE NOT.
UNFORTUNATELY
SOME WILL NEVER KNOW GOD'S PURPOSE FOR THEIR LIFE
BECAUSE THEY WILL CHOOSE TO REJECT HIM.
SO HOW DO I FIND OUT WHAT GOD'S WILL FOR MY LIFE IS?
WELL, THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION
IS SPELLED OUT IN ROMANS 12:2
AND BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD: BUT BE YE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND, THAT YE MAY PROVE WHAT IS THAT GOOD, AND ACCEPTABLE, AND PERFECT, WILL OF GOD.
OH MAN, THAT GOD, HE JUST DOESN'T WANT ME
TO HAVE ANY FUN DOES HE?
YES, HE DOES!
LOOK FOR YOURSELF
I THESSALONIANS 5:16
Rejoice Evermove
PHILIPPIANS 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
This is only two, but there are many more.
Verses that remind us of that:
God is love
God is our refuge
God is our source of strength
God will never leave us or forsake us.
The list goes on and on.
Why is it so important to keep this in mind?
TAKE A LOOK AT JOHN 16: 22
AND YE NOW THEREFORE HAVE SORROW: BUT I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN, AND YOUR HEART SHALL REJOICE, AND YOUR JOY NO MAN TAKETH FROM YOU.
OK, HERE I GO ON THE JOY TRAIN;
BUT WHAT DO I DO WHEN MEN TRY TO TAKE MY JOY AWAY?
REST IN THESE WORDS:
FOR HIS ANGER ENDURETH BUT A MOMENT;IN HIS FAVOUR IS LIFE: WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT, BUT JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING.
PSALMS 30:5
YOU SEE, GOD IS IN CHARGE.
HE MADE US AND HE CAN BREAK US.
HIS WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAYS
BUT HIS WAYS ARE THE BEST WAYS
SO WHEN YOU CAN'T TRACE HIS HAND
TRUST HIS HEART!
