Your Will

Luke 12:4-6 - "And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him! "Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows."

Again I'm reminded that God places an importance upon His children. He created us so He would be able to commune with us. Although He cannot abide in the presence of us in our sinful state, He has given us a Way to bring us back into His presence through His Son, Jesus Christ. It is His desire that all people would know Him and desire to commune with Him. He calls us and if we willingly heed His call, He saves us. Then He begins the work of refining us and transforming us, but not that we would become robots. We are still allowed to make our own choices, but hopefully they would be the right ones. He allows us to be who we are and use the gifts He has given us at birth. He hopes that we will be conformed that we might use our gifts in the way He intended.

When we use God's gifts for us properly, He is glorified. This calls for trust. This calls for letting go of some of the things that we hold on to so tightly. It's not easy but He tells us that it is for our good and only good things can happen if we allow Him to work within us. We are called to reverently fear God, not be afraid of Him. Man can kill physically, but if we give our lives to and trust in God, although we die physically, we have not lost our eternal life. It sounds like a win-win situation to me.

If He knows the very hairs on our heads and always has knowledge of the number (times every person in the world--past, present and future!), how can we not trust Him? He tells us we are more valuable than sparrows (we went over that yesterday). Sparrows don't, in my estimation, amount to that much in the grand scheme of things in this life. But if He cares so much just for them, how much more does He care for us? And if He cares, doesn't it stand to reason that if we fear Him, follow Him and trust Him, nothing but good can come about for us? It's something to think about.

Romans 8:28 - And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Heavenly Father, I'm so glad You have a purpose for each of us. I'm glad that You care that much about us and in return You only require that we trust You and work with You that our lives might be according to Your plan. I pray that Your will would be done this day in my life. Let the thoughts I think and the words I speak come from You. I only want to do Your will.