LET YOUR WILL BE DONE

 

topic:  Let  “Thy Will Be Done” - mARK 14:36

One of the hindrances of God’s will to be done in our lives is our self-will.  We have to say ‘No” to our self-will. Self will is the greatest hindrance in our soul area. God created our will to do His will but self-will came because of sin.

A)     What will self-will do to us? 

1.         Self-will turned Paradise into a desert. (Rom. 5:19)

 

v  It has been well said “My will and not Thine be done, turned Paradise into a desert.  Thy will and not Mine be done, turned the desert into a Paradise” One man disobedience has made many sinners. 

 

2.         Self-will is the mother of sin (Jude 2)

 

v  This is illustrated in Cain, when he is self-will came to God in his own way instead of God’s way, and was jealous because Abel’s sacrifice was accepted and his was rejected, which jealousy led him on to kill his brother

3.         Self-will is the forerunner of disaster (Gen 13:10)

 

v  Lot chose the well-watered plain of Sodom, and then soon after was found in Sodom, but he lost all he had in Sodom, and only escaped with his life.

 

4.         Self-will shuts us from blessing (Numbers 20:11, 12)

 

v  Moses struck the rock twice when God told him to speak to it, and was shut out of the Promised Land in consequence.

 

5.         Self-will brings punishment (I Samuel 15;23)

v  King Saul lost his kingdom and the Holy Spirit through consulting his own will in opposition to God’s word, when the latter told him to destroy all the Amalekites.

 

6.         Self-will brings injury to others (Luke xxii.50)

 

v  Peter acted on his own authority when he cut off the ear of the servant of the high priest

 

7.         Self-will means loss of blessing. (Luke 15:16, 17)

 

v  The prodigal son found the difference between the swine troughs and the father’s table, and between the far country and the old homestead.

 

B) Put To Death The Self Will – JOHN 1:12,13

12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Self is the ‘I’ in our lives, our egos.  The apostle Paul said, “I die daily.’ You die daily – not once at salvation, once at water baptism, baptized in the Spirit, or when you become a cell leader or worship leader or even Pastor but every day.  One of the biggest hindrance or obstacle to our dying daily is our pride.  We are proud people, no matter what our race or color.  Pride is something that cannot always be seen; it can be subtle or deceptive.  That is why, we are careful about what we say or do especially in front of our pastoral staff.  The way you look at one another negatively, selfishly and carelessly is so important concerning doing the will of God.

C) Lucifer and his Pride – Isaiah 14:12-16

Notice that the words “I will” appear 5 times in the passage but the words “God’s will” do not appear at all.  That was how much Lucifer had changed. By the words you say and your attitudes speak volumes.

Our attitudes may be: I know better than God.  I know what I should do no need others to help.  I know how the church should be run, etc.  What is the will of God?

Will – “Not my will, but Your Will be done”.  God’s will involves His guidance, wisdom, knowledge, ability, and His grace. We see Lucifer ceased to depend on God’s wisdom and guidance.  He started to think and act as though he know more than God.  So when the proud, self-reliant attitude took hold of Lucifer, he no longer wanted to love and know God intimately.

That is why he fell.  When we have proud attitudes, we also will lose our first love for God and that intimate relationship we once had with God.  You become cold and backslide.  Your will becomes stronger than God’s will.  (Lord’s Prayer will humble us.)

(ii) 1 Peter 5:5 – “be submissive to those who are older.  All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud will but gives grace to the humble.”  If you want to live in God’s Will then die to your own self-will, pride, egos, rebellion and selfish attitudes. 

(iii) Dan 4:30 – King Nebuchadnezzar boasting.

Dan 4:32-32 – King’s downfall. It started with pride and our attitudes, then your speech and finally your actions.  What happens next is a glorification of self not of God.  No recognition is given to God for what He has done, for His supernatural ability and power.   Is this not the great church I build?  Great Sunday School class, etc. 

As we recognize our problem we must humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God and repent.  Tue repentance is not just saying “sorry” but turning away from our proud spirit/attitude and walking in humility in the will of God.  Clothe yourselves with humility toward one another why, because God opposes the proud.  It is worst than rejection, it is fighting against us because we are in the devil’s side.

PRAYER:  

Father, I pray that the will of God be done in my life as it is in heaven.  Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; let Your good Spirit lead me into a plain country and into the land of uprightness.  Jesus, You gave (yielded) Yourself up (to atone) for my sins (and to save and sanctify me), in order to rescue and deliver me from this present wicked age and world order, in accordance with the will and purpose and plan of our God and Father. Deliver me from my self-will and pride.  Your will be done on earth in my life as it is in heaven.  Amen and so be it!  In Jesus Name, Amen.