Sunday, December 17, 2017

The Father’s Will

“For I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me” (John 6:38).

“I delight to do Thy will, O my God” (Psalm 40:8).

“Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of Me,) to do Thy will, O God” (Hebrews 10:7).

“Father … not My will, but Thine, be done”
(Luke 22:42).

How clearly these verses, concerning the work of the Lord Jesus here on earth, show that He came for one purpose, and that was to do the will of God His Father. Of His life and work He could say, “I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do” (John 17:4). Nothing was left undone of that which was set before Him, and God is completely and eternally satisfied with that work.

He endured the cross … He was made sin for us … He laid down His life … He shed His blood … He rose from the dead … He ascended back to heaven … all is finished … God is glorified … and we are brought into eternal blessing and relationship as a result.