January 19 “Your Will Be Done”

John 6:37-40 “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
 
JOHN speaks often of Jesus, the Son, ministering in the Father’s will. This is evidence of Jesus’ deity, an important reason for John’s gospel.
   Jesus has taught the Father has sent him from heaven. Believing in him, Jesus assures, will erase hunger and thirst from our souls forever. Then Jesus further guarantees our eternal life: 1) The Father will give believers to the Son. 2) These believers will remain forever with Jesus. 3) The believers’ bodies will be raised up to heaven on Judgment Day.
   Step-by-step, from the distribution of some loves and fish, to the miracle on the sea, to the teachings in Capernaum, John 6 records how Jesus has drawn the Jews to see has come in the authority of the eternal Lord God Almighty. YHWH, who is Provider and Deliverer, has sent the Messiah to show the world the way to heaven.
   It’s as if Jesus is a powerful, clarifying telescope into the heavens. He invites people to look at him and see the Father of heaven and earth. People who see Jesus will gaze into the Lord God’s unending majesty and wonder. People who stop to see and even persistently view Jesus will forever see the magnificent wonder: “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.”
   And why has Jesus done this? He did the will of God on earth. Consider the prayer Jesus taught in Matthew 6:9-13 “Our Father in heaven, holy be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give to us our daily bread. Forgives us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.”
    Jesus lived on earth to do this prayer. He obeyed the Father’s will on earth to forgive us, feed us and deliver us. The Father’s will is to draw his chosen believers to himself. Then he holds and protects each treasured soul for eternity. No believer is ever lost to unbelief. The chosen are never “unchosen”. Jesus on earth come from heaven is the Father’s will done on earth.
   I pray you joyfully celebrate Jesus’ eternal guarantees. This is the Father’s will for your life. Do you believe? Will you pray for and help others also believe?
 
Prayer: Thank you, Father for sending Jesus. Thank you Spirit for empowering Jesus and opening my mind to believe. Amen.