The Daily Word of Righteousness

The Wall Against Sin, #10

Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. (Psalms 34:8 NIV)

Christians often are afraid they are going to lose something of value if they turn their will over to God to do His will. The very opposite is true. They are living in the original lie of Satan. They do not trust the goodness of God. They do not believe God has the willingness or the power to deliver them from sin. So the theologians have invented several ways of coping with the problem of the sins of the believers, none of which results in deliverance, only an unscriptural confusion.

The simple fact is, we are at the end of the Church Age. God is ready through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit to remove everything that causes sin, and all who do evil, from His Kingdom. God is ready now to build the wall of the new Jerusalem. God is ready to build the wall in you and me.

Are you willing to do God's perfect will or are you still a disobedient child? Do you trust God? Will you this very minute tell your Father in Heaven that you want to do His perfect will no matter what it is?

I know God brings people through severe crises. I have been through a few myself. In such instances we absolutely must hold steadily to our trust in God's faithfulness and goodness.

Sometimes we hear of Christians being "mad at God" because something happened of which they did not approve. What is wrong with such people? Have they no brains at all? Don't they realize they would have nothing at all except for the goodness of God?

Are they trying to be one of Satan's lieutenants that they are mad at God?

Let us have faith in the One who sent His Son to the cross to die for our sins. The dreadful thing that happened to us was for our best, for our eternal joy. If we have been serving God it is impossible that something will take place that is not for the best. Let us trust our Father in Heaven!

Satan chose the path of self-will. The Lord Jesus Christ in an agony of mental, spiritual, and physical suffering cried out, "Not My will but Yours be done." By so doing He broke the back of Satan's authority and power.

The King of kings had to learn obedience through suffering. So do we.

The Kingdom of God is the doing of God's will in the earth as it is performed in Heaven. Those who today long to do God's will, who cherish His will more than life itself, are the heirs of the Kingdom of God. They will receive everything that has been made new, to their eternal joy. These are the sons of God and God is pleased to be their Father.

These are the answer to the rebellion of the angels and mankind.

You can be a doer of God's will. All that stands between you and a perfect inheritance is your own unbelief. Heaven is ready to enable you to climb out of the valley of the shadow of death and join the ranks of those who delight to do God's will.

Choose now to do God's perfect will in every instance. If you do not have the will to choose to do God's will, then pray for that strength. Pray in Jesus' name for the inner strength to always choose to do God's will. It will be the Father's good pleasure to answer your righteous prayer.

Your Kingdom come. Your will be done, as in Heaven, so in earth. Amen. (from The Wall Against Sin)