EUPHORIA Devotional (The spirit of joy, an ecstasy that comes from God) November 18, 2025 THE WILL AND THE AUTHORITY REV. AROME E. TOKULA 1 John 5:14 “Now, this is the CONFIDENCE that we have in Him, that if we ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, He hears us.” Do you know that there is a will, a legally binding document, concerning your life? It is known as the covenant. The new covenant is God’s written ‘Will’ concerning your life! Paul prayed for the church in Colossians 1:9, “For this reason, we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.” Apostle Paul wanted them to be knowledgeable of the content of that will because the quality of the believer’s life is dependent on his/her knowledge of the will as seen in the Word. Note, he further prayed in verse 10, “that you may walk worthy of the Lord, FULLY PLEASING Him, BEING FRUITFUL in every good work and INCREASING IN THE KNOWLEDGE of God...” (Colossians 1:10). For believers to fully please God i.e. living by faith (Hebrews 11:6) and bear fruits i.e. produce results, they must increase in knowledge because nobody can DO better than they KNOW! A will (covenant or testament) is a legal document that is only binding after the death of the testator. Hebrews 9:16-17 says, “For where THERE IS A TESTAMENT, there must also of necessity be the DEATH OF THE TESTATOR. For a TESTAMENT is in FORCE after men are dead since it has NO POWER AT ALL while the testator lives.” God’s will for your life which includes eternal life, peace, righteousness, prosperity, health, protection, abundance, long life, joy, etcetera is fully in force today because Jesus – our testator, laid down His life and at His death, the will was activated! God told me many years ago that the devil also has a ‘will’ for my life which is to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10) but there's no need to be afraid of the devil’s will because he didn't have the guts to die to make his will take effect in my life. God isn’t oblivious of the fact that the devil will lurk around and try to keep you away from what is yours and the first way he does that is by trying to keep you ignorant: therefore, you must press daily to know the truth of the Word of God. You also need to know that you have the authority to enforce this will in your life. This authority is in the Name of Jesus. John 14:13 says, “And WHATEVER you ASK IN MY NAME, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” The word translated ‘ask’ means to ‘make a demand.’ It means you have the right in the Name of Jesus to make demands of whatever is yours in the will and Jesus says without mincing words, …I will do it…” Today you have the authority to go before the Father and receive all that is yours in the place of prayer because the Bible says, “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ASK anything ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, He hears us.” (1 John 5:14). If it is in “the will” it is yours in the Name of Jesus. DECLARE Thank You Father for my inheritance in Christ Jesus. His blood was shed for me to have eternal life, peace, prosperity, health, and long life! He has come that I might have life in abundance so boldly declare that I will not live short of everything that Jesus died for me to have in the Name of Jesus. PONDER Today you have the authority to go before the Father and receive all that is yours in the place of prayer. #IOFWithPastorArome #MorningDevotion #Euphoria #Devotional #November #TheCaravansAreHere #2025_TheChristOurLord