”“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”“
The Holy Bible
Luke 22:42 NIV
Good morning family. I hope you’ve had a great Easter weekend. I got to really understand many things about the death and resurrection of Christ that I never paid much attention to before. The obedience of Christ. The yieldedness of Christ. The selflessness of Christ. Christ is the perfect example of a yielded Son. Come to think of it, Isaac was too. He was a prefiguration of Jesus Christ . There’s a striking resemblance between Isaac and Jesus to the point where both Isaac and Christ carried their own wood for the sacrifice.
Looking at the cross, it is evident that Jesus died twice. First at the garden, where He died to self, and secondly, at the cross where He physically died. He says to the Father , “l wish that this cup will pass me, that I would not have to drink from it BUT I’m not seeking after my own will. I’m not trying to have my own way. I’m not adamant on doing things however l so desire, I don’t want my will to be done but Yours!” He was in simpler terms saying ,” l give up my will to take up Yours. I Yield.”
Family, the truth is, if you don’t yield to God you’ll yield to the devil. There’s no in between. What is not the will of the Father should not be our will. The devil is always seeking for an opportunity to push us towards our own will , knowing that many many times, man’s will is derived from flesh and lusts. My own will is not good enough for me. Your own will will destroy you . The devil knows this that’s why he says “follow your heart” . He is aware of the deceptions of the heart. Why follow what is deceitful above all things?
Jesus yielded. He did not consider feelings and emotions. We cannot yield if we refuse to be led by the Holy Spirit. The opposite of not being led by Holy Spirit is being led by the flesh. How did Isaac lay on the altar that day? He was still a young boy, did not expect his father to raise a knife at him yet he still yielded . You need to get to a point where yielding is not an argument or a debate, you yield without having all answers. You yield when you don’t understand. You submit to the leading of Holy Spirit even when it doesn’t make sense.You yield when you don’t feel like it. You yield like Isaac , “I will be the sacrifice”.
What has God required of you that you have refused to yield to because you simply want to follow your heart? What instructions have you been given concerning the altar ? Has God called you to yield to serving? Giving up deciding on your own who to marry? Letting go of the desire to live on your own terms ? Yielding means you die to self.
“Not my will but yours be done Lord!” The mandate is big. The instructions are hard. What you’re asking me to do seems difficult but l will never say NO to your will. So yes Lord! Yes a thousand times! Yes to your command.
We never just yield for nothing. There is a great reward. The obedient always bear fruit . Always remember, He didn’t yield to die forever because on the third day the grave could not hold him anymore. There is a reward .. ❤️
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As He yielded, let us therefore also continue in the same manner and yield. Let us become as He is. Let us take the nature of Christ and make it our identity. In us yielding there is greater mandate to be done and completed.
This was written specifically for me. So timely! Thank you 🙏🏾