When we seek God he opens our minds to the truth that both His will and our will can and should be the same. When we truly want to live for God and love Him back; then, Heaven reigns in our heart, the peace that passes human understanding rushes in. He begins to transform us, conforming us into His Image. This desired outcome, His will for us that our will be conformed to his will, is something we must keep at the forefront of our minds, because the daily walk, the work that is done in the valley, is filled with adversity. It is easy to get discouraged, “Humility Hill” is very steep, and the old nature does not lie down easily. The process of having our wills broken is not easy, but death to ourselves brings new life in Christ.
Os Hillman describes the process dying to self this way: “If we desire to walk fully with Christ, there is a cost. The Bible is clear that humans do not achieve greatness without having their sinful will broken. This process is designed to create a nature change in us, not just a habit change. The Bible calls it circumcision. Circumcision is painful, bloody and personal.”
“IF God has plans to greatly use you in the lives of others, you can expect your trials to be great, Why? Because, like Joseph, who went through greater trials than most; your calling may have responsibility that God cannot afford to entrust to you without ensuring your complete faithfulness to the call. He has much invested in you on behalf of others. He may want to speak through your life to a different degree than another. The events of your life become the framework for the message He wants to speak through you.”
Do not fear the path that God may lead you on. Embrace it. For God leads you down a path to ensure the reward of your inheritance. “For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.” (2 Cor 4:17) Our “light and momentary troubles” refer to our lives, life here on earth, and the eternal glory that outweighs them all awaits us in heaven. If we choose to follow God’s will for our lives and learn to sync our will with his (because He loves us!) then, we can taste heaven on earth… thy will be done here (on Earth, in my life) as it is in heaven.
-M
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