UNDERSTAND THE WILL OF THE LORD

It happened this morning like it has happened hundreds of times during
my quiet time -- everything I read tied together. It is an amazing thing
when that happens. Today's reading of Scripture from the DAILY LIGHT
were these: "Understand what the will of the Lord is. This is the will
of God -- your sanctification. Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at
peace . . . " (Ephesians 5:17, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, Job 22:21)

I am sure you have been there. As you have prayed and opened your heart
to Abba Father, asking Him for clear direction for your life, it has
come in unexpected ways. It is crystal clear what HE wants you to do.
But the question is -- do I just listen to it and do nothing, or do I,
by faith, accept it and do it -- not just in the "big" things, but as He
reveals how I should live daily in my walk with Him -- do I revel in the
revelation only -- or do I apply the truth to my heart, and as NIKE says
-- JUST DO IT!

Oswald Chambers said today: "When God, by His Spirit through His Word,
gives you a CLEAR vision of His will, you must 'walk in the light' of
that vision. Even though your MIND and SOUL may be thrilled by it, if
you don't 'walk in the light' of it you will sink to a level of BONDAGE
never envisioned by our Lord. MENTALLY DISOBEYING the 'heavenly vision'
will make you a slave to ideas and views that are completely foreign to
Jesus Christ . . . Our tendency is to lie back and bask in the memory
of the wonderful experience we had when God revealed His will to us. But
if a New Testament standard is revealed to us by the light of God, and
we don't try to measure up, or even feel inclined to do so, then we
begin to backslide. It means your conscience does not respond to the
truth. You can never be the same after the unveiling of a truth. That
moment marks you as one who either continues on with even more devotion
as a disciple of Jesus Christ, or as one who turns to go back as a
deserter."

What will it be today? As my good friend, Pastor Ron Schmidt, Senior
Pastor of Davisville Baptist says, "It's never too late to do what He
reveals to you to do." Understand the will of the Lord and JUST DO IT."

"Love the Lord, love people, and keep your life clean, and the Lord will
give you so many open doors you will not be able to fill them!" (Jack
Wrytzen) as quoted in a recent newsletter from Billy and Paula Speer.