“If any man willeth to do His will he shall know of the teaching, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of Myself” (John 7: 57 – KJV).
There is in the will of God such a Divine vitality and energy that to the heart that wills and does it, not merely as a matter of duty or Christian training, but because God has willed it, and even as God wills it, it becomes life and strength.
The spiritual knowledge of God, of His presence, His power, His indwelling is given to the obedient: “If a man love Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and make Our abode with him.”
Here is the way to a strong and joyful spiritual life. Unite yourself to the will of God; it will unite you to Him, it will draw Him to you. Will, with all your will, what God wills; make this the chief exercise of your spiritual life; as much as you truly have of God’s will you have of God.
Our Lord said: “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” He was this because He came not to do His own will, but the will of the Father.
This is the one way in which He will lead you, the new and living way He opened up in His blood by doing God’s will.
This is the one truth He will be to you, that in the doing of the Father’s will is the union with Him perfected.
This is the one life He will give you, the life of God given in Christ, revealed and perfected by the will of God, as it is willed and done by us.
~ Andrew Murray ~ Thy Will Be Done
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