3 REASONS WHY CHRISTIANS DON'T DO THE WILL OF GOD.

Proverbs 19:21 "You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail".

Corruption, hunger, Adultery, fornication, murder, fighting, e.t.c. these are all the fruits of disobedience. The plans of humans without God. But certainly, we know that it is the purpose of God that will prevail.

Ever since the days of the apostles, the spirit of the antichrist has been in existence, dragging people away from knowing God and believing in the death and resurrection of the messiah: Jesus Christ.

1 John 2:22 "And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ. Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist".

1 John 4:3 "But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here".

The word "anti" simply means a condition where somebody does not like or agrees with something or someone.

You can clearly see from the two scriptures above, that anti-Christ people does not agree that Jesus is the messiah and will not agree with his teachings.

The other categories of people are the Christians, who believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ but for some certain reasons, don't do the will of God.

These are the set of people, that we will be focusing on and examining 3 powerful reasons why they don't do the will of God. The only way they can show God that they love him.

1. LACK OF FAITH.

Hebrews 11:6 "And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him".

Without faith it is impossible to please God.  To please God is to believe in his son Jesus Christ and to do his will. Permit me to breakdown Faith into 3 integrated components. I used the word "integrated" to show that these 3 components of Faith are completely dependent on each other.

 1.1 RELIANCE: This is simply you casting your burden on God.

Matthew 11:28 “Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest".

We can learn from Jesus Christ and cast our burdens upon him by doing the following:

1.1.1 PRAYING: Pray in tongues and with understanding. Pray without season.

1.1.2 READING AND MEDITATING ON THE WORD OF GOD

Psalms 1:1-6 "[1] Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. [2] But they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night. [3] They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do. [4] But not the wicked! They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind. [5] They will be condemned at the time of judgment. Sinners will have no place among the godly. [6] For the Lord watches over the path of the godly, but the path of the wicked leads to destruction".

Three things happen when we pray, read the word of God and meditate upon it.

1.1.2.1 God moves on our behalf, dealing with situations pertaining to us.

1.1.2.2 God cleans us by the power of the word. Our minds get transformed.

1.1.2.3 God gives us instructions on what to do to live a victorious life.

1.2 TRUST: The second component of Faith is Trust. You have to trust that God is capable of doing abundantly above all we could think and ask. You have to understand that God is not a man that he should lie. Anything he says, surely he will do. All God's instructions, promises are all geared towards bringing you into a beautiful destiny.

1.3 ABIDE: The last component of the Faith is you persistently and consistently living in God: seeking God and doing his will. This particular component of Faith is the Apex of Faith. This section reveals to God that you love him.

John 14:15 “If you love me, obey my commandments".

Doing the Will of God shows that you love him.

Reliance, trust and Abiding, these 3 are the key elements of Faith, without any of these 3, your Faith will be considered dead and invalid.

We also need to understand that as we pray, read/meditate on the word of God, our mind is being transformed into the ideal image that God desire it to become. As our mind is being transformed, God causes us to desire and to do his will.

2. THE PLEASURES OF SIN: Sin is simply you walking contrary to God's commandments. It can be thinking, saying or doing that which is wrong in the eyes of the lord.

Our flesh, which is the falling state of man, enjoys the pleasures of sin.

James 1:14-15 [14] But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. [15] Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

It is the desire of our flesh that leads us to sin and not the desire of the spirit. The second greatest miracle that can happen to any Christian is the renewal of the mind: having same mind as to the one that was in Christ.

Philippians 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.

Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

In Genesis 3:6, you could see how the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life: which are all the desires of the flesh, were manipulated by the devil to bring eve into sin.

As Christians, we must forsake the pleasures of sin. The word "forsake" simply means to discipline you not to do a thing, despite having the feelings or desire to do it. In Christianity are you allowing the holy-spirit to empower you to discipline your flesh to do the will of God?

Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whosoever confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

One of the ways that we can forsake our sinful pleasures is by guarding our hearts/minds with all diligence, as the word of God prompts us to do. This leads us to the third reason why Christians don't do the will of God.

3. NOT GUARDING YOUR HEART/MIND WITH ALL DILIGENCE.

Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

The mind of humans is the central processing unit of any human being. The birth place of all thoughts, leading to emotions and actions.

The mind works with the computer principle of garbage in, garbage out.

Whatever you think at a given moment in time generates feelings or emotions, and we as humans, take actions most of the time base on our emotions at a given moment in time.

It is the holy-spirit through the power of the word of God that changes our mind, therefore causing us to desire and to do the will of God.

It is also the holy-spirit that empowers us to discipline our flesh to obey the will of God at a time when our flesh begins to desire evil.

The mind is one of the components of the soul. The components of the soul are as follows: The mind, the will and the emotions/feelings.

There are 5 gateways to your mind.

1.     The gateway of hearing

2.     The gateway of seeing

3.     The gateway of taste

4.     The gateway touch

5.     The gateway of smell.

These gateways collect information from the outside world into your mind.

The type of information they collect and deposit to your mind, determine the type of thoughts you will have and the subsequent desires and actions that will be generated as a result of those dominant thoughts.

Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

Among these 5 gateways there are 2 gateways that have powerful influence on the way the mind is programmed and what your dominant thoughts will be always. These two gateways are: hearing and seeing.

It was what Eve heard from the serpent that activated her mind to begin to desire the benefits that the forbidden fruit in the garden will give to her.

From James 1:14-15, we understand that the devil only tempts our desires. But the devil also plants seeds into our minds through any of the 5 gateways to activate an evil desire in us for him to tempt us.

Whatever activities consume most of your time, that activity creates dominant thoughts in you, therefore producing a corresponding emotion to those dominant thoughts which leads to actions.

Acts of the Apostles 2:42 All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer.

The apostles of the early church understood this principle of guarding their minds with all diligence, which was why they filled their time with the activities listed in Acts 2:42.

Psalms 1:1-2 [1] Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. [2] But they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night.

A blessed man fills his time by meditating on the word of God. Therefore causing the word of God to be the most dominant thoughts in his mind. When the word of God is the dominant thoughts of your mind, your mind will get transformed and the will of God will automatically become your will easily.

Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

When the most dominant thoughts in your mind is the word of God, you will look at a woman who is your specifications and not have any sexually lusted thoughts towards her. Your thoughts towards her will be pure, radiating the love of God that was poured into your heart by the holy-spirit.

Romans 12:1-2 [1]I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. [2]And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

 CONCLUSION

As an Action Christian, creation is earnestly waiting for the manifestation of the children of God to reveal the kingdom of God to the world; through Faith in Christ Jesus. This can only be done by doing the will of God. Matthew 6:10 "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven".

 

Written by: Bro. Daniel Bala Usman.