May 23 - A Right Understanding of God’s Will - Evangelical Caucus/Devotional

Gracetoyou.org ^ | 2008 | John McArthur, Grace Community Church

[metmom]

“‘“Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven”’” (Matthew 6:10).

To understand God’s will rightly, we need an attitude of righteous rebellion. If we would pray that God accomplishes His will, we must reject the notion that sin is normal and therefore we must accept it. Instead we must righteously rebel against the world’s ungodliness, its unbelief of Jesus Christ, and believers’ disobedience. Not to do this is to abandon key biblical teachings and accept powerlessness in prayer.

Jesus was not resigned to the spiritual status quo—He preached and acted against sin. When Jewish leaders profaned God’s house, “He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; and to those who were selling the doves He said, ‘Take these things away; stop making My Father’s house a place of business’” (John 2:15–16).

We further must rebel against the idea that wickedness and corruption is somehow God’s will that we must passively accept. Nothing evil comes from God’s hand, but only from Satan’s. To ask that righteousness and God’s will be done oftentimes means we have to pray for Satan’s will to be undone (cf. Ps. 68:1; Rev. 6:10).

To pray with a right understanding of God’s will is to pray believing that He hears and answers our prayers. Lack of such faith is one of our greatest hindrances to effective praying.

Ask Yourself

Yes, to pray for God’s will to be done on earth, we must first make sure it is being done in us. What are some aspects of God’s will that are going unheeded in your own heart, even though they are far from mysterious, very clearly laid out in Scripture? Make this your prayer today—that His will would be done in you.

From Daily Readings from the Life of Christ, Vol. 1, John MacArthur. Copyright © 2008. Used by permission of Moody Publishers, Chicago, IL 60610, www.moodypublishers.com.

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TOPICS: Evangelical Christian; Theology; Worship
KEYWORDS: gty

[metmom]

Studying God’s Word ping

[Bob434]

[[Instead we must righteously rebel against the world’s ungodliness, ]]

We do.

The restrainer (the body of Christ, ie the church and religious organizations, and religious schools etc) fights agaisnt ungodliness all the time. If it didn’t, sin would be rampant with nothing to stop it. We fight for laws, we fight agaisnt ungodliness in schools, in public, in the streets, etc. And our constitution is based on moral laws and issues- we also pray, help organizations that fight ungodliness, and advocate for restraints on ungodliness.

[Big Red Badger]

Evil is a Garbage can...
We immediately recognize it and
Have No reason to look inside.

[pollywog]

Good morning Metmom....May God give us courage to STAND FAST against evil!!!

[metmom]

Amen!