The Basic Will of God!

‘Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”’ – John 6:35-40 NIV

Don’t we wish to be successors in whatever we are doing? We want to do everything in accordance to our pleasure and will but we often fail. Last time I shared about what I want to do if I was God. As a child of God, an evangelist, and a missionary, I want God to fill the world with His peace so that everybody would reconcile to others and God. In this way, everybody would worship Him and give praises to Him for rest of their lives with grateful hearts. I also want more unity of Jesus Christ to happen in our lives. In other words, I really want Romans 15:4-6 to be true. My mentor invited me to her house for Christmas Eve dinner party. She introduced me to others who came along and told me to share my testimonies. Maybe, this was an opportunity to inspire others into Jesus Christ but I had no idea how to do this. I thought it was kind of awkward to introduce myself to everyone and share them. I believe I need to learn more about how to inspire others into Christ. I want to be a leader of inspiration but not only in Christian Writing.

Jesus Christ was sent into the world by God as an image of Himself (John 1:14). All of us may know what God’s will for Christ was when He sent Him into the world. The will of God for Jesus was to show people how they are meant to live. However, there was another will of God for Him. It was to be crucified on the cross. Thus, I consider living His earthly life as a spiritual role-model was the basic will of God and the latter one as the ultimate will of God. Jesus was willing to be crucified on the cross because of His love towards God (Luke 22:42).

Tomorrow, we are going to conclude the series by looking at the reason that Jesus had to be crucified on the cross. While I was writing this devotional, I thought of my experience of living as a Christian because it is kind of related to the basic God’s will for Jesus Christ. My aunt was surprised how I was changed from living in New York. This is probably because she saw me as a Christian for the first time. My aunt said that I was sent by God to inspire others into Jesus Christ. When I returned to New Zealand my family was surprised at me as well. They kept saying that I became a “holy and spiritual” man until I continued to get into trouble from my mum. Now, I am kind of regretting the way I have been living in New Zealand since troubles began. I want to live as Christ’s ambassador. This is not because I was proud of being called as a “holy and spiritual man” by my family, but I want to spread God’s love to everyone so they are able to see God through me (1 John 4:11-12). Hence, I need to change the way how I live.

Meditate on 1 John 4:1-6, 1 John 4:11-21 and 2 Corinthians 5:11-21. Ask yourself a question today: “Am I really living as an ambassador of Jesus Christ in wherever I go?” Continue to ask God about this and pray that we would be changed by the Spirit of God. Although it is kind of late to make New Year’s resolutions, make one of them today—to live as a Christ’s ambassador!