Thy Will

When you and I pray "Thy will be done"do we know and realize what we are praying? It is to seek the heart of God. Webster says the word will means Choice; determination what is Gods desires? What is His heart? What is His passion? God wants you to know it.

Genesis 18:17
And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; The Lord says to you and I; shall I hide from Mary, Tom, Betty, Donna, Jim, Edward, Ernie, that thing which I do. If He didn't hide it from Abraham He will not hide it from you and I either for He has gone to great lengths to reveal His will to us. Could He have done more than send His Son to lead us? Could He have done more than give His word to teach us? Could He have done more than orchestrate events to awaken us? Could He have done more than send His Holy Spirit to counsel us?

John 14:16
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever;

John 14:17
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

John 16:13
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

John 16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. God is not the God of Confusion, and wherever He sees sincere seekers with confused hearts, you can rest assured that He will do whatever it takes to help them see His will.

1Corinthians 14:33
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. Let's look at two that are confused and misinformed, and watch how God works. We will find it in

Luke 24:13-33 It's the event of the two on the Emmaus road. I want to look today at two mistakes they made and then on tomorrow look at how God shows us His will for our lives. It's going to be exciting and when it is over you will know why you feel the way you do about certain areas in your life.

 

First Mistake:

Let's look first at what happened that morning

Luk2 24:22
Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;

Luke 24:23
And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.

Luke 24:24
And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. We find these women going to the tomb not finding the body of Jesus and then they tell of angels telling them that Jesus was alive; then some more went and returned and said it is for sure the body is gone just like the women have said. Could I say that God speaks to believers through believers? Many times you and I get into a spiritual slump; we too head out to Emmaus. We don't want to be around or be with other believers. Think for a moment about these two who on the same day that Christ had risen from the dead, they heard about it and decided to head home without finding out for sure. Talk about being discouraged these two were in a real slump. Another way God speaks to us is through the church. He could speak to us in a sermon
on Sunday morning, Sunday night or Wednesday night. He could speak to us in a Sunday School Class, or as we fellowship around the dinner table or reading our Bible. He could even speak to us in a Reformers Unanimous Addiction meeting; that is why the enemy doesn't want you in church. Like bananas as soon as that banana gets away from the bunch it is going to get pealed.

 

Second Mistake:

They disregarded the Word of God. Rather than consult the Scriptures, they listened to their fears. Think of fear as False Evidence Appearing Real. Here comes Jesus not making Himself known unto them at this time conducting a Bible study. I love the way He starts off

Luke 24:25
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: You two are foolish you have removed yourselves from other believers and have paid no attention to the Word of God. Do you see what Jesus is saying?

Luke 24:27
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Is Jesus important in our lives? I think so! The first five phrases in the Lord's Prayer look at how we are to pray. "Our Father (our family relationship) which art in heaven (where Our Father is) Hallowed be thy name (learning to be silent and keeping our mouths shut.)Thy kingdom come" (Gods Kingdom come not ours.)We have not asked anything yet it's all about HIM!