John 1:16-17 (Amplified) says, "For out of His fullness (abundance), we have all received, all had a share, and were all supplied with, one Grace after another, and Spiritual Blessing upon Spiritual Blessing and even favor upon favor and Gift heaped upon Gift. For while the Law was given through Moses, Grace (unearned, undeserved favor) and Spiritual Blessing and Truth came through Jesus Christ."
God's Word has always been Truth, but man began to make it traditionalism, until it was no longer being heard as "Truth." God has always tried sending His Truth into the world and into the hearts and minds of men. Through the years, we've lost sight of God's will and Truth for mankind. Jesus was and is the Perfect will and Truth of the Father. Before His resurrection, Jesus taught us to pray what we now call, "The Lord's Prayer." This is God's will for all of mankind. Thus, Jesus said in Matthew 6:9-13 (KJV), "Pray therefore like this; Our Father Who is in Heaven, hallowed (kept holy) be Your Name. Your Kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven (left, remitted and let go of the debts and given up resentment against our debtors). And lead (bring) us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory forever, Amen."
If it's God's will that things be done here as they are in Heaven, then there should no longer be any doubt about God's using sickness or the devil or any other means of dealing with His people. God's will is Perfect in Heaven and there are no sick, blind, deaf, hungry or homeless people residing there. This is what Jesus taught us to pray.
When Jesus came to do the will of His Father, He simply restored all things back to the Father's will, as it is in Heaven. When Jesus healed the sick, He restored them back as it is in Heaven. When Jesus gave sight to the blind man, He restored that man's sight according to God's will as it is in Heaven. Everything Jesus did, was the Father's will on earth as His will is in Heaven.
Jesus wouldn't have taught us to pray this way, if God didn't will us to know and have His will done in our earthly lives. This is God's Grace and His Truth, through Jesus Christ. When we imagine Heaven and God's Kingdom, it's impossible to imagine that the heartache and sickness we witness on this earth are Heaven's will.
I've heard believers say that, "The things we see here on earth are God's will." If you can witness the things occurring on earth and believe they're "God's will being done here as it is in Heaven," then Heaven is total chaos. We have yet to take God's Word literally, like those under the Law did. Grace has given us so much more "wiggle room," than the Law.
We've tried applying the command to "treat each other better," but we mostly try applying it in the flesh. We try making our flesh behave and do right, but without feeding our spirit on the Truth of God's Word, we are losing the battle. We invent excuses for why we fail and usually end up saying, "God is using this to teach me something." If we fail to feed our new creation being on the Truth of God's Word, then we only walk in traditions and teachings of those before us. And, because it didn't work for them, we're told that it won't work for us, so we remain on the same path. We can go on following men's ideas of "Why God put this on me," or we can decide to "Having done all to stand" and stand.
It's seems easier to pull in the oars and stop rowing against the current, until the current takes us over the falls. We can get into a place of comfort and become slack in seeking God. When we do this, then we've pulled the oars into the boat. Many of us walk out the things from memory, instead of walking in the Daily Bread. It doesn't matter how good the memory of a hamburger is, it won't nourish our body. The memory of God's Word won't nourish your spirit in the place of Daily Bread either.
I remember testimonies from people who God did great things for, but despite the testimony, I don't know how to have God do these things for me. I was encouraged by their testimonies for awhile, but then I would hear others say, "It's not God's will for us." I realized that I needed to seek God for myself, because no one else could do that for me. When I did this, then everything changed.
I discovered that it was God's will to heal me, just as much as it was His will to heal those people. God would speak to me and give me Wisdom and Revelation, just like He did with the men of old. I came to know the Truth of God's Word for myself and recognized that His will, Truth and Grace wasn't just for the apostles, but for all who would believe. Since this included me, I set out to find His will for not only myself, but for all who would seek, knock, and ask, just like God said.
I found a deeper meaning of Matthew 6:33 from the Amplified Bible, which says, "But seek (aim at and strive after), first of all His Kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides." God has a way of doing and being right, but we haven't aimed after it. We read God's Word and then try doing it our own way. This has never worked before and it won't work now.
We pray and do in generals, but God deals in specifics. We wouldn't treat anything other thing in generalities, so why do we do it with God's Word? If we were constructing a building, then we wouldn't discard the blueprints and build it any old way. We don't use guesswork with our checking accounts and throw away our bank books, hoping we're not overdrawn (at least I hope we don't do this).
You cannot just say "Forget it," assuming "God knows what I mean." This isn't God's way of doing and being right. Jesus said, "Follow Me" or go in the paths He has gone before us. You can't throw away the road map or MapQuest, guessing the correct route to take and expect to arrive at the correct venue. If what you're doing isn't working, then change what you're doing and try His way of doing and being right. If you have dug yourself into a deep hole and can't seem to get out of that hole, then stop digging. God to the Word and get directions from the Holy Spirit. If someone told you that it doesn't work, that doesn't mean that it's true. They're wrong. Seek for yourself.
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