Thursday, March 19, 2009

Not My Will

Deuteronomy 5:29 KJV
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
This is a powerful passage and reminds me of another in the New Testament
Matthew 23:37 KJV
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

The Sovereign of the universe
The One who upholds all things by the word of His power
The great God who spoke and it was so

Desires that men would fear Him and keep His commandments for their own benefit, but refuses to force them to do so.

How God's heart breaks over those who refuse His commandments and reject Jesus Christ as Saviour. Yet He will not violate our will in order to superimpose upon us His own. We must be the ones who cry out, "not my will but thine be done."

I meet people who impugn the sovereignty of God because their are men who are rebellious and do not the will of God in their lives. But those very same men would be utterly incensed if God imposed His will upon them.
What if God forced us to attend church?
What if God made us worship Christ?
What if God constrained us to tithe?

Those same people who would judge God for allowing a wicked man to do bad things would as equally judge God for making them do good things.

When God's plan for eternity is finished there will be a people who fear God and keep His commandments always, out of pure love for the Lord.

What a day that will be!

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