Month: August 2016

Will of God

 

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Daniel 9:3-5

3 Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. 4 And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said, “O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments, 5 we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments.

We must ask ourselves, for who are we doing the will of God?  For the rewards of men?  For the attention of others? –  Or, for the rewards of God, and giving All the glory to Him.

Matthew 5:46
For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
Matthew 6:1
[ Do Good to Please God ] “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.
1 Corinthians 9:18
What is my reward then? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.
Revelation 22:12
[ Jesus Testifies to the Churches ] “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.”
Let the Spirit of the Lord in you, bring out His words and His will.  His will, not your own.

In the Name of Jesus. Amen.