will – Brian Friedl

Prayer In His Will

Brian — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 14:45:55 +0000

I am continuously amazed at how my flesh wants to make God my project manager instead of bowing to Him as LORD.

He is the very God whose words spoke all into being-from the vastness of the universe to the complexity of the human eye.

He is the One who knit me in my mother’s womb, crafting every hair in my head and He remembers each one.

He is the One who passionately pursued me when my heart desired the many pleasures of this world.

He was the One who gave His Son who emptied Himself at the cross paying the price for my sin with His precious blood.

And yet my flesh wants what it wants. Even in the midst of His many blessings, it seeks to bend Him to my will instead of bending me to His as I pray.

For we need Him to continuously remind us of His great love and teach us to surrender completely to Him. For when we commit our way to Him, and trust Him, He will do it. Our relationship with Our Heavenly Father is not about us launching requests for Him to project manage and solve. It is about us drawing close to Him, committing all of ourselves to Him and seeing the beauty of His work in and through us for His glory.

If we truly want to see powerful prayer, we must surrender completely to His will and way.

Reflection

In what ways have you been going on your way with life without surrendering completely to God?

Repent and ask for forgiveness for these and commit your way to the Lord’s mission (Matt. 28:16-20)

Delight yourself in His ways and plan!

Prayer

Father you are our LORD and Our Trust. Help us completely surrender to You and Your mission. Help us to see Your power. Bend and comfort Our will to Yours that we may draw close to You and live in Your powerful presence. Let us not hurl requests at you according to our will, but instead in alignment with You pray in accordance to Your will and see the abundance of Your answers in Jesus, Amen!

Love And Surrender

Brian — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:51:20 +0000

This week I have been meditating on two words, “Love” and “Surrender”; both of which are critical components of our salvation and and walk with God.

His Love

This week we celebrated our culture’s version of love with candy, cards and flowers, but our God’s demonstration of His love stands as the most powerful example in all of history. For He has given everything to us through Christ; withholding nothing. No candy, nothing flashy, just pure unadulterated love and sacrifice that we may have the opportunity to live forever with Him.

His Surrender

We cannot fully comprehend the mockery, scorn, and physical breaking of our Savior’s body: let alone the asphyxiation that squeezed out His life on the cross. There is no way to tally the value of the blood that was spilled to cover the multitude of sins of all the world; past, present, and future. Remember, that was our sin that held Him there also. He willingly surrendered His life to the will of His Father though everything in His flesh wanted a different ending, He surrendered it all on that cross for His Father and for us.

Our Love

Our Father in turn has simply asked us to love Him and others as He has loved us. This is no small task! Our flesh too will stand in opposition to such a lifestyle. We must be completely grounded in the knowledge and power of our Savior’s love to share in His victory. This Love is not to be squandered but instead be freely given to those God puts in your path daily that it may glorify Him and draw many into His fold.

Our Surrender

To truly live our life for God, we too must surrender. Every thought, every dream, and every ambition must be laid down. We must not be convinced that this is a one time event. For our flesh will try to convince us that we can now live however we want. That is a lie that many of us have fallen to at times. Instead, let us rise and purpose in our hearts to surrender daily to the One who surrendered all; that we may walk in His righteousness and love as He loves!

Reflection

Are you seeing the way God loves reflected in the way you love Him and others?

Take time today to surrender everything to Him. All your hopes, dreams, and desires. Let Him be your hope, Dream, and desire.

Prayer

Father, Your Love is beyond words! Teach us LORD to surrender to Your will and live as You have designed us. Lead us on level ground as we learn to love as You have loved and may Your name be proclaimed in and through us to all the nations in Christ we pray, Amen!

According To His Will

Brian — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 11:00:39 +0000

There are four words we often forget when we pray….”According to His will”. These are not only words but a lifestyle that shapes all of our activity. We worship, pray and even love others according to His will.
There should be no battle of wills. When We receive the gift of salvation we exchanged our will for His. He is the LORD, His ways and thoughts are not ours, in fact they are higher than our ways and thoughts (Is. 55:8-9). If the Father’s will is perfect why do we have such trouble surrendering our own for His?
We must fully embrace the truth that the LORD’s promises will provide for us much greater than anything we can cobble together for ourselves. In spite of all the hurt and poor examples of leadership and fatherhood we have seen and experienced, we are called to trust.
May you reflect deeply today on the ultimate promise of God…a child born of a virgin in the little town of Bethlehem. None other than the Word Himself who became flesh and dwelt among us. Jesus, the one who would save us all from our sin. May this truth overwhelm your heart with joy and move you to know, live and speak this truth. For all of this is according to His will. .
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