What Is Your Will In Christ?

I'm guessing that most people have seen a graphic of one kind or another, likely a map of some kind, with an arrow on it that also bears the words "YOU ARE HERE". It's intended to give one an understanding of where they are within a given dimension. Sometimes we need that ... and in some instances we always need that.  For instance, we always need to know where we are in terms of our obedient compliance with what God requires of us since we're all accountable to Him regardless of who we are, or think we are. As followers of Jesus, some who're dipping their toe in the world need to know where they are in terms of the dimension of time in order to realize that it's past time to get serious about their relationship with Christ.  By the way, looking around, does anyone see any arrows in scripture, giving us our location in time? "But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters,...

  Lord God Yahweh ,  Always, as we bow our heads to seek your will, give us revelation and remembrance of your greatness over all that is and of your unlimited and Holy power to respond to our prayers. Grant to us true and clear remembrance and knowledge of who you are so that our prayers may properly enthrone and honor you first in all of our requests. Give us hearts and minds not only completely surrendered to your heart and desires, but committed to them in place of our own. Give us the words Lord as we pray to you that will alter the course of this world and the reward of our brothers wandering in the darkness of the enemy's plan. Put on our lips and our minds the words that will break the hand that shields their eyes from the truth of your existence and all that you have spoken. Give revelation to our hearts and minds of the prayerful words that will allow your glory and power to be revealed in the world in greater measure as we bow before you in reverence. Grant us Lord,...

“And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him! "  Luke 12:4-5 (NKJV) I will say something here that the spirit may recognize as true and greet with the anticipation of greater joy, but that the flesh will very likely abhor. And from that recognition there may spring a greater hope of understanding the depth of the challenge that we're currently facing in this "life"... This physical body that we might be tempted to invest so much in toward its pleasure, lusts and vanity ... has no value ... ... other than as a temporary vehicle to provide a temporary opportunity for the eternal soul within it to be propelled by its right choice-  toward the God that created it.  Our physical bodies are merely a vehicle for our eternal soul as it passes through this temporary pl...

"But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine: that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience; the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things— that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.  Likewise, exhort the young men to be sober-minded, in all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, incorruptibility, sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you". Titus 2:1-8 (NKJV) If all of mankind were to hear what God has said from the beginning of time and heed it- adjusting his or her  heart,  life, and motives in whatever way necessary to comply and conform to ...

Jesus speaking:   “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness."   Matthew 23:27-28 (NKJV) I believe firmly that such people still exist today.  In fact, mankind has used what God graciously offered to him, in terms of His word and relationship, to create institutionalized religion in a number of places. And some of those have existed from a time not long after Christ's burial and resurrection- the events that signaled the power of His humbleness to conquer vast and powerful evil. It was Christ, who set aside His right title and position to LOWER Himself, for the benefit of all mankind, to suffer horrifically at the hands of His own creation, that fulfilled victory forever over all evil-including death, in the most epic war of all ...