MEN FULFILLING GOD'S WILL

MEN FULFILLING GOD’S WILL

BY DR MERVYN ABREO

MOSES: He represented the Law. He was there when Jesus needed him. The Lord used him to free His people from slavery and lead them to the Promised Land.

           Moses totally depended on Jesus, asking His advice at every stage (Numbers 9:6). And they developed a personal relationship. God called him a friend with whom He could speak face to face.

ELIJAH: He represented the prophets. He brought the Israelites back to the Lord. (1Kings 18: 14 - 46).

          Elijah’s achievement (similar to John the Baptist) was “…….to turn the hearts of their fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous……” (Mathew 17:9-13 ; Mark 9:9-13; Luke 1-17).

JOSEPH: The foster father of Jesus, takes God at His word, and accepts Mary in her pregnant state.

           He faithfully and diligently takes care of both the mother and her infant Son.

PETER, JOHN and JAMES: These three belonged to the core group of Jesus-because they were of one mind with the Lord.

          They made His life, their life. His ministry became their ministry. His very thoughts and purposes became their own.

          They were always with Him during His three and a half years of ministry, continuously learning open-mindedly, and being ministered to by Him, readying themselves for their own ministry, which was only a continuation of His own thoughts and purposes, which they continued after the death and resurrection of the Lord. They gave up everything for the Lord, and He in turn spent prime time with them.

          Paul in his letter to the Galatians praises them: “James, Peter and John, those reputed to be pillars……” (Galatians 2:9, 10).

JOHN THE BAPTIST: He was sent before the Christ, “to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” (Luke 1: 17).

          He was “a voice calling in the desert……..preparing a way for the Lord………so all mankind will see God’s salvation.” (Luke 3: 4).

          He preached repentance and baptized them. He confessed that he was not the Christ, though he even baptized the Lord, but in true humility confessed that he was not even worthy to untie the throngs of the Lord’s sandals.

          Today, we too can be in His core group and even become His friend. It’s easy. Just do His will! Evangelize!!

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