Self Will Relinquished
(Part 3 of Four)
In the next level of our walk with our Lord, we move from the strength of mere acceptance of YAH’s ways to the strength of allowing Him direct access to our lives, helping us better conform to Him as Paul said. As we begin to know more of Him, we no longer relegate Him to the “co-pilot seat”. We make Him the “Pilot”—“The Captain”. We do like Greyhound Bus asks, “leave the driving to (Him)”.
With strength gained from promoting our Lord to the “driver’s seat” of our lives, we no longer bear the strain of stressful decision making. With our great God of Israel in the “Captain’s seat”, we are free to relax in obedience to Him, and gain the strength of self-control. With our Lord “doing the driving”, we are better able to master our fallen human nature. With this strength gained, the passions of our human will no longer control us; we control them.
To this building block of our walk, we perfect the strength of “perseverance”. In the relaxing time of letting our Lord direct our paths, we learn to trust. In that, our faith is strengthened. We stand tall in confidence because of Yeshua’s encouraging leadership. We realize and employ the very heart of perseverance. We implicitly trust our Messiah Who has ALL circumstances under His control, as Paul said in Romans 8: 28. With this strengthened faith, we are encouraged and enabled to resist discouragement and the temptation to give up.
As we grow in our Lord, we become more like Him. We better understand how He thinks—“the mind of Messiah” as Paul said. The more we release control of our lives to His direction, the closer we come to manifesting the concept expressed in Peter’s word, “godliness”. We have an ever-growing awareness of His peaceful presence in our lives, producing even greater strength.
As we approach ever-closer to His Throne of Grace, we fulfill at even greater levels Yeshua’s command to “love our neighbor as our selves”. The added strength of our “godliness” enables us to convey His immense kindness to those He places in our care. We readily render “self”-less service when and where it is needed—according to His standards, not man’s standards. If we say we love Yahweh and fail to render such compassion, our claim is false, as John wrote in 4: 20 of his first epistle.
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