In John 6:38 (Amplified), Jesus said, "For I have come down from Heaven not to do My Own will and purpose but to do the will and purpose of Him Who sent Me."
Jesus was the Perfect will of God, in everything He said and did. We can see and know what God's will truly is for mankind, by watching Jesus' earthly ministry. It should be obvious to everyone, that God's will is for all to be saved. Jesus said in John 3:16 (Amplified), "For God so greatly Loved and dearly prized the world that He even gave up His Only Begotten, Unique Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, and relies on Him) shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost), but have eternal, everlasting life."
2Peter 3:9 (Amplified) says, "The Lord does not delay and is not tardy or slow about what He Promises (according to some people's conception of slowness), but He is long-suffering, extraordinarily patient toward you, not desiring any should perish, but that all should turn to repentance."
The above scriptures tell us, that it's God's will for all to be saved. Revelations 21:8 (Amplified) also says, "But as for the cowards and the ignoble and the contemptible and the cravenly lacking in courage and the cowardly submissive, and as for the unbelieving and faithless, and as for the depraved and defiled with abominations, and as for murderers and the lewd and adulterous and the practice rs of magic arts and the idolators (those who give supreme devotion to anyone or anything other than God), and all liars (those who knowingly convey untruth by word or deed), all of these shall have their part in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone, this is the second death."
Can it truly be, that there are those who will oppose God's will, even to their own destruction? We know it's God's will that, "All should be saved," but we have a choice to make, in order to be in His will. We've been taught that everything that's occurring around the world is God's will, but nothing can be further from the Truth. Jesus didn't accept everything that was occurring around Him. He changed the things that weren't God's, in order to meet God's will.
We witnessed Jesus bringing "Thy will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven." Jesus healed the sick, because sickness isn't God's will in Heaven. Jesus cleansed the leper, because leprosy isn't God's will in Heaven. Jesus gave sight to the blind, because blindness isn't God's will in Heaven. Jesus' entire ministry restoring God's will for mankind on earth. This was God's will. God never intended for mankind to be sick, blind, diseased or lame, but for us to be Blessed and walk in His Presence. This is why Jesus taught us to pray, "THY WILL be done on earth, as it is in Heaven." God wants us to live in His will, as though sin had never caused mankind to be destroyed.
When looking to our Redeemer, Jesus, we need to understand what we've been redeemed from. Jesus redeemed us from everything that was lost to us, through Adam, including our fellowship with the Father, the Blessing that was turned in the Curse, the authority and dominion God gave to mankind in the beginning, and our justification and righteousness in which man was created. This is and always has been, God's will for us. We've been redeemed, ransomed and returned to God by the Sacrifice of Jesus.
During His earthly ministry, Jesus could only do God's will, in the place where He currently was. He could only hear those who were in His Presence and deliver those who were at hand. Through His Heavenly ministry as Lord and through the authority He has delegated to His Church, He can now do God's will universally. When we read God's Word and witness the things Jesus did during His earthly ministry, we should be able to understand what God's will for mankind is. As new creation beings, we've been given the Holy Spirit to empower us, making it possible to do God's will on earth, as it is in Heaven. We are "Seated together with Jesus in the Heavenlies" and should know what God's will is for the earth. Ephesians 2:6 (Amplified) says, "And He raised us up together with Him, and made us sit down together, giving us joint seating with Him in the Heavenly sphere, by virtue of our being in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One)."
Notice how it was God Who raised us up together with Jesus and gave us joint seating with Him. We weren't the ones who did this, but God Who did this. This is God's will for the Church. We have many facets of God's will being done, even now. God has a will for mankind, He has a will for the Church, He has a will for Israel, and He has a will for the individuals who make up the Church. Paul writes in Romans 12:2 (Amplified), "Do not be conformed to this world (this age), fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs, but be transformed (changed by the entire renewal of your minds, by its new ideals and its new attitude) so that you may prove for yourselves what is the good and acceptable, and perfect will of God. Even the thing which is good, and acceptable and perfect in His sight for you."
The facets of God's will, should be known by His children. God might simply be calling you to pray His will for the nations or He might give some special knowledge concerning His will for Israel. God's will might be for you to listen and heed His will, in the lives of others or in our own lives. These are all God's will, but not all of His will can be done by one individual. It requires the entire Body of Christ, to fulfill His will on earth.
Some parts of God's good will concern our individual, personal relationship with Him, while other parts of His will are our being acceptable to praying for the nations and others. The Perfect will of God will come to pass, as we fulfill all those things together, as the Spirit direct us. Contrary to common belief, God doesn't just come down from Heaven and force His will on anyone. He moves through the prayer and obedience of His children, in order to accomplish His will on earth.
There wouldn't be a need for prayer, if God was simply going to come down from Heaven and do whatever He wished to do anyway. Right? Why pray for others to be saved, if God was "going to save them anyway?" Why preach the Gospel to others, if there was no need to preach it? Why would Jesus command us to lay hands on the sick, if God had no intention of healing them? We seemingly forget, that we are His Body. We are Jesus' hands, His feet, His voice, His arms and His legs, to go and do His will. If we don't understand God's will for the world, for the Israelites (the seed of Abraham), for healing and deliverance, and His will for our own personal lives, then how can God's will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven? We must know how God's will is done in Heaven, in order to know how to walk and minister His will on earth.
Pray and seek God for understanding, concerning His will for your life and when you know what it is, then do it. We're all called to pray for the Church, for our leaders, for the nations, and for our own lives and families. God's will is the same for all, if you look at it. He wants everyone to be saved and led by His Spirit. And He wants everyone who is led by His Spirit, to be obedient to Him.
Paul prayed on behalf of the church in Colossus, but he didn't only pray for those in that specific church, he prayed for the entire Church, in Colossians 1:9-10 (Amplified) saying, "For this reason we also, from the day we heard of it (your love) have not ceased to pray and make special request for you, asking that you may be filled with the full, deep, clear knowledge of His will in all spiritual Wisdom (in all comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God, and in understanding and discernment of spiritual things), That you may walk, live, and conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing in and by the knowledge of God, with fuller, deeper and clear insight, acquaintance and recognition."
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