Ephesians 5:17

Understanding what the will of the Lord is.

It is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

It may seem a very terrible thing for the soul to yield itself wholly and unreservedly to the will of Christ. “What is going to happen? What about tomorrow? Will He not put a very heavy burden upon me if I yield, if I take the yoke?” Ah, you have not known my Master; you have not looked into His face; you have not realized His infinite love for you. Why , God’ s will for you means your fullest happiness! Christ’ s will and your deepest happiness are synonymous terms. How can you doubt that your Lord has planned for you the very best thing?

The admiral that goes out with his fleet under sealed orders does not know what is in the packet, but he goes out prepared to do the will of the government of his country . And although it seems to you that you take from Christ the sealed packet of His will and know not what is in it, yet knowing who He is that has planned your futur e you can step out without realizing all that it means , just as you take His promises. The value of any promise depends upon the promiser , and so it is with His will. Whose will is it? Whose yoke is it?

This is the will of God, even your sanctification.—Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.—This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.—We know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

We . . . do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.—The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, . . . give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe.