Doing
the will of
God is food
for the human
soul and for
human strength
and
development.
We were
created to do
God's will and
in the process
live well.
Not doing
God’s
will may be
normal for
humans at this
time in human
experience,
but sin
entered human
experience as
something
unnatural when
humanity
failed to do
God’s
will. Doing
the will of
God is what
was once
natural for
human beings.
Adam and Eve
tasted the
food and
strength of
doing God's
will before
they tasted
temptation's
illusion and
pain.
When
Jesus said
doing the will
of His Father
was His food,
He was saying
doing the will
of God is good
and sustaining
for humanity.
Jesus showed
us what should
be normal for
humanity.
Normal is
doing God's
will every day
just like we
need to eat
every day.
We
are surrounded
then by
unnatural
human behavior
that the Bible
calls "sin".
Sinning adds
nothing to
life, but it
most certainly
subtracts from
life. Sin
does not feed
anyone. Sin
steals food
from life and
moves us
closer to
death.
As
we abide in
Christ we
begin to
experience
Jesus'
continuous
flow of life
and love
passing to us
and through us
as fruit.
When doing the
will of God
becomes as
natural as
eating we are
heading back
to normal in
the Kingdom of
God.
Bud McCord
Abide International
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