MORNING MANNA 5-7-23
IF ANY MAN WILL…….
“If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself”. – John 7:17
I loved dear old Vance Havner. He had a way of making a point that would be hard to forget. His remarks related to this verse should cause us stop and think. He said……
“The battle is fought in the citadel of the will. We have intelligence, emotions, and will. We may not be able to understand with the intelligence or feel with the emotions as we would like, but we can take a stand in the will and be true to God, however all else may clamor.
Do not yield to confusion. Are you a man or a mob? Too many today do not have themselves in order and under command. Many a man is not a personality, he is a panic!
Of course, our poor wills, left unaided, are but cotton strings. But when we will the will of God He begins to work in us both to will and do of his good pleasure (Phil. 2:13). We submit to His will: “Thy will be done.” Then we assert His will: “Thy will be done!” It is both passive and active. “Thy will be done” is not mere resignation to the inevitable, it is affirmation of the invincible. However little the intelligence may understand or emotion feel, we take our stand in the will yielded to His will.”
In light of that we need to remember that, “The will of God is always right, best, and safest”. Having received the Word of God we have no excuse for not knowing and doing the will of God. If we are to be like Jesus we must say, “.. not my will, but thine, be done.“(Luke 22:42).- HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
Humble, Tx.
