๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Before Jesus healed the sick, opened blind eyes, and raised the dead, He stood in the waters of Jordan and made a decision that would define the trajectory of His earthly ministry:
The will of the Father would never compete with His personal rights.
John resisted.
Heaven's logic seemed inverted.
Why should the Sinless One submit to a baptism designed for sinners (baptism of John context)?
Yet Jesus uttered words that unveiled the governing principle of true sonship:
"Thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness."
In other words: If the Father's will demands it, My identity will not exempt Me from it. He was the Son of God, yet sonship did not become an excuse for exemption.
He did not cling to status. He did not protect His reputation. He did not insist on being understood. He simply yielded.
Many of us have no problem discerning the will of God. Our struggle begins when that will collides with our preferences, wounds our pride, inconveniences our plans, or demands the surrender of our rights.
We want obedience without loss. Submission without sacrifice. A crown without a cross. But Jesus settled the matter at Jordan long before Calvary.
The Father's will is not one of many priorities to be considered; it is the highest reality to which every other thing must bow.
The true test of maturity is not how conscious you are of who you are in God, but whether who you are has become too important to obey Him.
May we come to the place where our answer to God is not, "What will this cost me?" but, "If this fulfils Your will, let it be so."
For the highest expression of sonship is not self-assertion, but surrender.
And perhaps the greatest tragedy in the Kingdom is not ignorance of God's will, but possessing a will of our own that we refuse to lay down.
ยฉPeace Ajileye
Before Jesus healed the sick, opened blind eyes, and raised the dead, He stood in the waters of Jordan and made a decision that would define the trajectory of His earthly ministry:
The will of the Father would never compete with His personal rights.
John resisted.
Heaven's logic seemed inverted.
Why should the Sinless One submit to a baptism designed for sinners (baptism of John context)?
Yet Jesus uttered words that unveiled the governing principle of true sonship:
"Thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness."
In other words: If the Father's will demands it, My identity will not exempt Me from it. He was the Son of God, yet sonship did not become an excuse for exemption.
He did not cling to status. He did not protect His reputation. He did not insist on being understood. He simply yielded.
Many of us have no problem discerning the will of God. Our struggle begins when that will collides with our preferences, wounds our pride, inconveniences our plans, or demands the surrender of our rights.
We want obedience without loss. Submission without sacrifice. A crown without a cross. But Jesus settled the matter at Jordan long before Calvary.
The Father's will is not one of many priorities to be considered; it is the highest reality to which every other thing must bow.
The true test of maturity is not how conscious you are of who you are in God, but whether who you are has become too important to obey Him.
May we come to the place where our answer to God is not, "What will this cost me?" but, "If this fulfils Your will, let it be so."
For the highest expression of sonship is not self-assertion, but surrender.
And perhaps the greatest tragedy in the Kingdom is not ignorance of God's will, but possessing a will of our own that we refuse to lay down.
ยฉPeace Ajileye
๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Before Jesus healed the sick, opened blind eyes, and raised the dead, He stood in the waters of Jordan and made a decision that would define the trajectory of His earthly ministry:
The will of the Father would never compete with His personal rights.
John resisted.
Heaven's logic seemed inverted.
Why should the Sinless One submit to a baptism designed for sinners (baptism of John context)?
Yet Jesus uttered words that unveiled the governing principle of true sonship:
"Thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness."
In other words: If the Father's will demands it, My identity will not exempt Me from it. He was the Son of God, yet sonship did not become an excuse for exemption.
He did not cling to status. He did not protect His reputation. He did not insist on being understood. He simply yielded.
Many of us have no problem discerning the will of God. Our struggle begins when that will collides with our preferences, wounds our pride, inconveniences our plans, or demands the surrender of our rights.
We want obedience without loss. Submission without sacrifice. A crown without a cross. But Jesus settled the matter at Jordan long before Calvary.
The Father's will is not one of many priorities to be considered; it is the highest reality to which every other thing must bow.
The true test of maturity is not how conscious you are of who you are in God, but whether who you are has become too important to obey Him.
May we come to the place where our answer to God is not, "What will this cost me?" but, "If this fulfils Your will, let it be so."
For the highest expression of sonship is not self-assertion, but surrender.
And perhaps the greatest tragedy in the Kingdom is not ignorance of God's will, but possessing a will of our own that we refuse to lay down.
ยฉPeace Ajileye
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