Welcome dear children of God to our column \u00abDaily word for spiritual strength\u00bb! I pray so that God\u00b4s mercy fills your life today.<\/p>\r\n
As we concluded, a person consecrated to the Lord can rejoice also at the time of temptation and sorrow. However, he rejoices even more when everything in his life happens according to God\u00b4s plan. We mentioned Jesus\u00b4 example of what it means to be consecrated to God and doing His will. We pointed out that:<\/p>\r\n
<\/p>\r\n1. Jesus valued God\u00b4s will higher than food for His body.\r\n
2. Jesus never sought His but God\u00b4s will.<\/p>\r\n
<\/p>\r\n\u00ab<\/strong><\/em>Jesus therefore answered them, \u201cMost assuredly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\u2026 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgement is righteous; because I don\u2019t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me\u00bb.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(John 5:19,30).\r\n <\/p>\r\n Consecration to God requires a christian to consider God\u00b4s will in every situation so that all his actions and decisions are based on that. Person\u00b4s desire to do God\u00b4s will always and everywhere proves his consecration to God. Such desire has a huge impact on person\u00b4s attitude to the way he reads Bible, listens to sermons and God\u00b4s word, and moreover how and why he has fellowship with God. A consecrated believer\u00b4s relationships with God are not formal nor superficial, not driven by his or her religious duty. Such person seeks deep and personal fellowship with God, he is ready to pay a high price for. Such person is not seeking his will any more but the way to please God in any manner \u2013 in words, in works and in his thoughts.<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n 3. Jesus had priorities when choosing whom to spend His time with.<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n\u00ab<\/strong><\/em>A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, \u201cBehold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you.\u201d He answered them, \u201cWho are my mother and my brothers?\u201d Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, \u201cBehold, my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00bb.<\/strong><\/em>\r\n (Mark 3:32-35).<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n How and with whom you spend your time reflect your consecration and desire to do God\u00b4s will. Looking at the life of Jesus, we can see whom He preferred to spend most of His time with, namely, those who similar to Him desired to do God\u00b4s will. If you surround yourself with people who are not going anywhere in this life, you will soon lose your purpose and direction in your life as well. Spending a lot of time with those who have no revelation about their lives soon also you won\u00b4t be able to see the goal of your life. Exactly these things happened to Abraham. God called him out of his country, his relatives and his father\u00b4s house to the land God showed to him.<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n\u00ab<\/strong><\/em>Now Yahweh said to Abram, \u201cGet out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father\u2019s house, to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. In you will all of the families of the earth be blessed.\u201d So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.<\/strong><\/em>\u00bb.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(Genesis 12:1-4).\r\n <\/p>\r\n In obedience to God Abraham headed off with Sarah. Lot went with him. Later Lot became an obstacle in Abraham\u00b4s life. When Abraham had entered the promised land, the same land he left his home and his parents for \u2013 he had not been able to hear the voice of God and see that land any more unless Lot left him. Your surrounding has an impact on you, it determines whether you enter the destiny God has prepared for you or you don\u00b4t, whether you fulfil your purpose received from God or you don\u00b4t. Think of it seriously today!<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n We will continue tomorrow.<\/p>\r\n Be abundantly blessed in the Lord!<\/p>\r\n Rufus Adjiboje, pastor<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How and with whom you spend your time reflect your consecration and desire to do God\u00b4s will. Looking at the life of Jesus, we can see whom He preferred to spend most of His time with, namely, those who similar to Him desired to do God\u00b4s will. If you surround yourself with people who are not going anywhere in this life, you will soon lose your purpose and direction in your life as well. Spending a lot of time with those who have no revelation about their lives soon also you won\u00b4t be able to see the goal of your life. Exactly these things happened to Abraham. 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