What Is Your Will In Christ?

C onsider the power of the source ... To give ... Zechariah 8:12 NLT 12 "For I am planting seeds of peace and prosperity among you. The grapevines will be heavy with fruit. The earth will produce its crops, and the sky will release the dew. Once more I will make the remnant in Judah and Israel the heirs of these blessings." And to take away ... Micah 6:14-15 14 "You will eat but never have enough. Your hunger pangs and emptiness will still remain. And though you try to save your money, it will come to nothing in the end. You will save a little, but I will give it to those who conquer you. 15 You will plant crops but not harvest them. You will press your olives but not get enough oil to anoint yourselves. You will trample the grapes but get no juice to make your wine." O ne of the many things that I've come to recognize with unfailing certainty over the more recent years provokes me to continual gratitude on a regular basis. I'm confronted wit...

About now, based on the title you might be thinking that I intend to talk about how to avoid being figuratively squished in a figurative wine press. If so, it's rather ironic because it would be an incorrect assumption or "perspective" based on a "deceptive title"- and it's actually perspective and deceptive titles that are on my heart. You'll see the meaning of the title soon enough if you haven't already guessed well ahead of me - I know in my heart how smart my Lord's children are. In my efforts to follow Christ on this journey through life so far, there is a certain truth that the Lord has made abundantly clear to me and it's this: The more successful that I am in my ability to see and understand things from His perspective, the more intimately and successfully I will be able to interact with Him and fulfill His purpose in giving me life. That knowledge has led me to pray continually asking Him to grant me His perspective - to see and...