[“I cannot do anything
on my own;
I judge
as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will
but the
will of the one who sent me.”]
(Jn. 5:30)
Whose will do I seek?
God’s or my own? Jesus claims to be not only a son of God, but the
Son of God and consequently God Himself. He slowly reveals the mystery of
the Blessed Trinity (3 Persons in 1 God) and that He, the Holy Spirit, and the
Father are one. So...Jesus perfectly seeks the Father’s will.
Immediately before His
arrest, Jesus passionately prays to do God’s will in the garden of Gethsemane,
“My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet, not as I will,
but as you will” (Mt. 26:39b). A day later Jesus exclaims from the cross,
“It is finished” (Jn. 19:30b). On the cross Jesus perfectly accomplished
the Father’s will, the salvation of the human race.
In whose name do you
act? God’s or your own? Jesus did not act on His own, but did the will of
His Father. We often speak of discerning God’s call for our lives, such
searching being necessary. However I think many of us already know
situations or things God is asking us to accomplish. We are just
unwilling to because of fear, uncertainty, etc. it takes a lot of courage
and strength to accomplish God’s will, and many times it requires us to go out
of our comfort zone.
Take some time today
and recall one of those situations in your life in which God is encouraging you
to accomplish His will . Ask the Holy Spirit to give you courage and
strength to accomplish it. It might help to spend some time in prayer
with Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane:
[Then going out he
went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives,
and the
disciples followed him.
When he arrived at the
place he said to them,
“Pray
that you may not undergo the test.”
After withdrawing
about a stone’s throw from them and kneeling,
he
prayed, saying, “Father, if you are willing,
take this
cup away from me;
still,
not my will but yours be done.”
And to strengthen him
an angel from heaven appeared to him.
He was in such agony
and he prayed so fervently
that his
sweat became like drops of blood
falling
on the ground.
When he rose from
prayer and returned to his disciples,
he found
them sleeping from grief.
He said to them, “Why
are you sleeping?
Get up and pray that
you may not undergo the test.”] (Lk. 22:39-46)
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