"If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." John 15:7
What’s really powerful in this verse concerning asking and receiving is our will, “ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you.” I mean think about it, Jesus said “ask what ye will,” so it’s an absolute Truth, but is it an attainable Truth for us? Most of the Christians I talk with question whether their will and God’s will are actually the same? They believe that we may get it right once in a while, but how can we be sure? I hear it said all of the time that God will not take our free will from us, but is that the Truth? Ask yourself these two questions, can we have God’s will 100% of the time, and if we are saved, are we permitted to retain our own will that is contrary to His? Let’s turn to the Word and see the Truth, and the Truth will set us free!
“Not with eye service, as men pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.” Ephesians 6:6 Doing the will of God comes from the heart! So it’s with our hearts that we do the will of God! That’s cool! Because what does God say about our hearts? “A new heart will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments, and do them.” Ezekiel 36:26-27 Wow! God takes care of our will, He does it by giving us a new heart and He gives us a new spirit, and He also places His Spirit within us, so that we can do what? So that we can do His will! A-men, through Christ we are never left alone by God! God is right here in us, with us, leading us, providing the necessary components, and strengthening us to do His will in everything. We can ask and receive because God has given us a heart and a spirit that can ask His will, and He doesn’t stop there, our Father put Himself within us to finish the job completely! God never says that there is a benefit or a requirement that is from Him, that He doesn’t fully empower us with Himself to obtain and to fulfill! I have heard people say that God will not take away our free will; He does too! God takes away our sinful will, yes and A-men He takes away our sinful free will, look at Ezekiel 36:26, God said that He would take away our stony hearts, our hearts of dead works, dead wills, and dead desires, and we thank you Father that You do! God said that He would cause us to walk in what is right and righteous, and we praise You Father that You do! If it were up to us, we would keep it, and then we would not be able to ask and receive. But God loves us so much that He put a new heart and a new spirit within us that only wants His will and we can ask away; because we have Him within us a 100% of the time and with God there is a 100% success ratio!
Now don’t get me wrong, can we ask amiss, yes, James 4:3. But hear me out; faith comes from hearing and hearing by the Word of God. The reality of so many believers is this, that we are just humans, bound to mess up, we have this free will which is contrary to God’s will and that’s just the way it is. So even though Jesus said ask what ye will, the chances of us living that way are slim to none! Many believe that with a lot of hard work and self-determination that maybe once and a while we can get it right, but never all of the time like Jesus did. But the Bible says that God’s yoke is easy, and the Bible says that God gave us a spirit and a heart that can. The Bible says that God did take away our will that was contrary to His, and Jesus said ask and receive! This is the great victory of our salvation, nothing is ever left to chance, because everything is left up to God! Through the power of Christ we can ask our will and receive, because through the power of Christ and the Holy Spirit we have been given our Fathers will, just as Jesus has our Fathers will!
What’s really powerful in this verse concerning asking and receiving is our will, “ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you.” I mean think about it, Jesus said “ask what ye will,” so it’s an absolute Truth, but is it an attainable Truth for us? Most of the Christians I talk with question whether their will and God’s will are actually the same? They believe that we may get it right once in a while, but how can we be sure? I hear it said all of the time that God will not take our free will from us, but is that the Truth? Ask yourself these two questions, can we have God’s will 100% of the time, and if we are saved, are we permitted to retain our own will that is contrary to His? Let’s turn to the Word and see the Truth, and the Truth will set us free!
“Not with eye service, as men pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.” Ephesians 6:6 Doing the will of God comes from the heart! So it’s with our hearts that we do the will of God! That’s cool! Because what does God say about our hearts? “A new heart will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments, and do them.” Ezekiel 36:26-27 Wow! God takes care of our will, He does it by giving us a new heart and He gives us a new spirit, and He also places His Spirit within us, so that we can do what? So that we can do His will! A-men, through Christ we are never left alone by God! God is right here in us, with us, leading us, providing the necessary components, and strengthening us to do His will in everything. We can ask and receive because God has given us a heart and a spirit that can ask His will, and He doesn’t stop there, our Father put Himself within us to finish the job completely! God never says that there is a benefit or a requirement that is from Him, that He doesn’t fully empower us with Himself to obtain and to fulfill! I have heard people say that God will not take away our free will; He does too! God takes away our sinful will, yes and A-men He takes away our sinful free will, look at Ezekiel 36:26, God said that He would take away our stony hearts, our hearts of dead works, dead wills, and dead desires, and we thank you Father that You do! God said that He would cause us to walk in what is right and righteous, and we praise You Father that You do! If it were up to us, we would keep it, and then we would not be able to ask and receive. But God loves us so much that He put a new heart and a new spirit within us that only wants His will and we can ask away; because we have Him within us a 100% of the time and with God there is a 100% success ratio!
Now don’t get me wrong, can we ask amiss, yes, James 4:3. But hear me out; faith comes from hearing and hearing by the Word of God. The reality of so many believers is this, that we are just humans, bound to mess up, we have this free will which is contrary to God’s will and that’s just the way it is. So even though Jesus said ask what ye will, the chances of us living that way are slim to none! Many believe that with a lot of hard work and self-determination that maybe once and a while we can get it right, but never all of the time like Jesus did. But the Bible says that God’s yoke is easy, and the Bible says that God gave us a spirit and a heart that can. The Bible says that God did take away our will that was contrary to His, and Jesus said ask and receive! This is the great victory of our salvation, nothing is ever left to chance, because everything is left up to God! Through the power of Christ we can ask our will and receive, because through the power of Christ and the Holy Spirit we have been given our Fathers will, just as Jesus has our Fathers will!
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