Jesus seemed to have a crystal clear awareness of His purpose when He walked among us. In John 6, verse 38 we read, "For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of HIm who sent Me." I wonder if we are always so clear on our purpose. Whose will are we carrying out in our daily life? Do we have a sense of calling, a sense of the Lord's will for us? Or, to be honest, are we more focused on our own will? I think it is easy to begin seeing God as a resource for us to draw on to help us carry our our own will, rather than doing His will. We take a clue as to God's will for our lives from His will for Jesus. In this chapter of John, Jesus is explaining that just as God provided the manna to sustain the Israelites in the desert, so He sent His Son to become the bread of life for all who would believe. Verse 40 touches directly on God's will for us: "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day."
Just as we begin our walk walk with the Lord by "beholding and believing", I would suggest that we continue to walk the same way. Colossians 2:6-7 says, "as you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving."
Just as we are born again by faith, we are sustained the same way. Feeding by faith on the Lord is God's clear will for us!
blessings,
Rob Smith
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