Sunday, September 28, 2014

Seeking God's Will, Not Self Will

The Proud.

Jas 4:6  But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

Pride- self adoration.
Self-centeredness in whatever form it takes in our lives is completely wrong.

Why? Why is self-centeredness wrong?

We are supposed to be ONE in agreement, all of us, every single one of us is supposed to be in agreement.  Does that sound wrong to you? So many will say it does. They say we can't all be in agreement, that it would somehow destroy our individuality. Being in agreement does not mean being identical to each other. You know this is true, that this is factual, because we deal with each other all the time and a lot of that time is spent in agreement with each other. We couldn't live in the same house with each other if we couldn't live in agreement.  We couldn't have the societies we do have if we couldn't make agreements.  When agreements get broken that is when the trouble begins.

God has to resist the proud, the self-centered.  It is the humble person who is in agreement with God's will, seeking God's will and not their own. A proud person will resist God in favor or self.

Seeking God is seeking God's will. Seeking self is self-will.

We have to ask ourselves constantly whose will we are seeking. And how we answer that will tell us who we are following.

Please LORD keep us from doing our own will, and help us to do Yours in ALL things, not just things of convenience, not just in things that please us, but in all things trusting in YOU always!

All by YOUR grace, YOUR love!


Amen.

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