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The will of God Reveals the Father

Then I said, Behold, I have come – in the volume of

the book it is written of Me – to do Your will, O God
(Hebrews 10:7).

The concept “the will of God” is often

misinterpreted. Preachers hardly ever view the will
of God as the basis of an intimate relationship with
God. If you view the will of God just as a series of
instructions and executions and not to present your
body a living sacrifice to fulfill the will of the Father
it is death because the life of an intimate Father-
son relationship is absent. The moment that you
give yourself to God it requires a flow of faith.
Without faith it is impossible to please God. Trust in
the Lord develops only in an intimate relationship
with Him.

People often seek God’s will only when they want to

purchase a vehicle, make a job change or marry a
wife. Surely, it has its place. The will of God is not
just to search out God’s mind on important matters
but it is a never-ending quest to know God in all
your ways. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and
lean not on your own understanding; in all your
ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your
paths (Proverbs 3:5-6, emphasis added). To pursue
the will of God without an intimate relationship with
the Father is futility because isolated water pools
attract death but life is sustained in flowing with
the Fountain of Live.

The will of God should be understood in the light of

God’s purpose to bring forth many sons (nothing to
do with gender) to glory. The will of God is rooted in
the Father-son relationship. The will of God is all
about the glory of the Father that is to be revealed
in the life of His sons. The light that shines in the
sons of light is the glory of the Father. Jesus said,
“If you have seen me you have seen the
Father.” In Him dwells all the fullness of the
Godhead bodily, which is the glory of the Father in
the Son. He came to do the will of the Father and in
doing so He revealed the Father to His own.

The highest level of the will of God is the

manifestation of the glory of the Father in the
life of His sons. The passion of God to bring forth
many sons to glory is that all of creation, visible
and invisible, may bear witness of the light of God
that is shining in His sons. The Father is the delight
of His sons and His sons are the delight of the
Father. Everything in heaven and on earth revolves
around God and His family. For whoever does the
will of My Father in heaven is My brother and
sister and mother (Matthew 12:50, emphasis
added). A son of God seeks the will and glory of
Him that sent him. When the will of God is being
done on earth as it is in heaven the Father’s glory is
revealed and His kingdom has come to men.

In the beginning God created Adam in His image

and likeness and in their relationship creation
witnessed the love of the Father for His son (Luke
3:38) and the son’s love for the Father. God placed
Adam in the garden not to do his own will but God’s
will that His glory may be made manifested.
Because of perfection in Christ our first parents did
the will of God spontaneously, without faith but in
love. Faith and hope does not exist in the realm of
perfection because hope is dreaming of
perfection and fulfillment and faith is walking
in the time of imperfection and lack as if it is
the time of perfection and fulfillment. Unfailing
love is in the realm of perfection. God blessed
Adam and Eve, who was His family and godly seed
to be fruitful and to multiply and to fill the earth
with a harvest of sons. Because of their
transgression they despised the will of God and
thus frustrated the plan of God to bring forth sons
for His glory.

When Adam sinned he died to God and was no

longer His godly seed. Adam deprived his offspring
the privilege to be God’s sons. Subsequently God
had a need for a new godly seed to perpetuate His
dream to bring forth sons.

Adam was 622 years when Enoch was born. Enoch

was 308 years old when Adam died at the age of
930 years (Genesis 5). Thus, Enoch must have
learned firsthand from Adam about his relationship
with God in the garden. Enoch yearned for the
Father-son relationship Adam had with God. He
discovered faith and hope and he believed God for
the relationship that Adam lost in the garden. He
walked (conversed) with God and God began to
teach him like He did Adam. He believed God so
much he began to experience the joy and strength
that man knew before the fall. Life became so great
in him that he would have still remain on earth if
God had not taken him. He was too full of life to die,
so God took him bodily into heaven so that he did
not see death and could not be found among the
sons of men. Before God took him he had this
testimony, that he pleased God. Enoch proved that
without faith it is impossible to please (reveal)
Him and through faith you can attain bodily to
resurrection life (Hebrews 11:5-6). Enoch
prophesied of the mighty ones who are soon to be
released on the earth (Jude 14). These will be a
generation that will know God as Father and they
will walk with Him like Enoch did.

God never changed His original purpose to bring

forth many sons to glory. Many years after Enoch,
God established a covenant of works with Israel.
The Old Covenant brought a change in relationship
between God and His people according to the
contents of the covenant. This was a covenant
between God and Israel. Those outside of Israel
had no part in this covenant. The terms of the
covenant of the Law were that Israel, through the
works of the Law, had to justify themselves in the
sight of God. If they made the law honorable they
would be a special treasure to God above all people
and they shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy
nation to Him, the Lord will set them high above all
the nations of the earth and all His blessings shall
come upon them and overtake them. If they
violated the covenant, curses will come upon them
and overtake them because God is the Righteous
Judge (Deuteronomy 28). But showing mercy to
thousands, to those who love Me and keep My
commandments (Exodus 20:6).

Israel was responsible to keep the covenant intact.

Because the Law is spiritual, imperfect man could
not fulfill its requirements in the flesh (Romans
8:4). Flesh and blood could not be justified by the
works of the Law. Israel in the flesh could not
please (reveal) the Father who lives in heaven
(spirit) because the Law is not of faith but of works
(Galatians 3:12), which is death. Do and don’ts is
not the will of God but the works of the law.
Without faith it is impossible to have a relationship
with God because without faith it is not possible to
please Him. The Law of Moses was never meant to
emphasize a relationship with God but it is a
schoolmaster that brings us to Christ. Christ is the
end of the Law and the beginning of righteousness
to everyone that believes. Christ is the one that
introduced God to us as Father. Without faith it is
impossible to know God as Father; this is to please
Him. Only Christ could make the Law honorable and
fulfill the prophets, which is the revelation of the
Father’s glory in and through His life. The old
covenant failed utterly to produce sons of
God that were to reveal the glory of the
Father.
However, Elijah under the Law was the only one
that attain to resurrection life in the body and
perfection in the soul, which is manifested sonship.
Through the Spirit of Christ that was in him, he saw
what Enoch (without the Law) saw, believed God
and God took Him and he was not found among the
sons of men. The Spirit that raised Jesus from the
dead quickened his mortal body. Before Christ’s
manifestation in the flesh the ancient prophets had
the Spirit of Christ in them, because they were
identified with the oracles of God which is the Spirit
of prophecy (the Word of God; Christ). Of this
salvation the prophets have inquired and search
carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would
come to you, searching carefully, or what manner
of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them
was indicating when He testified beforehand the
sufferings of Christ and glories that will follow (1
Peter 1:10-11, emphasis added). Elijah witnessed
that life is of faith and not of works.

Then God took away the Old Covenant, the

ministration of condemnation that He could
establish the New Covenant, which is the ministry
of reconciliation to God, in His Son, of all people
on the face of the earth. Though the Covenant of
Works came in glory that even the skin of Moses’
face shone, the New Covenant was brought in
much greater glory, even in the glory of God’s only
begotten Son. Christ took away the Covenant of the
works of the Law that He could provide, in Himself,
a relationship with the Father for us through the
New Covenant in His blood. The New Covenant was
Christ’s responsibility to fulfill, and the Father’s to
maintain. All that is required of man is to believe
God and Jesus Christ.

The New Covenant in the blood of Christ changed

the relationship between God and man again. It is a
covenant of faith, believing God and Jesus Christ
whom He sent. It is a covenant not to engage in the
works of the Law but to engage in the works of
faith, labor of love and patience of hope (1
Thessalonians 1:3). Man can only relate to God
through faith, hope and love. And now abide faith,
hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these
is love (1 Corinthians 13:13, emphasis added).
Faith, hope and love are the three doorways into
heaven where God dwells; the three dimensions of
a divine relationship. Those outside of Christ
have no part in this covenant.

As a believer you confess: In Christ I count among

those that God gave Christ for His own possession.
Jesus fulfilled all the requirements of the Law and
made it honorable for my sake. Christ has borne
the wrath of God against my transgressions. The
Father has forgiven, once and for all my
transgressions, changed my nature by writing His
laws in my heart and sanctified and made me
perfect. I am joined to Christ and have become one
Spirit with Him and God has placed me in the body
of His Son. God view me as part of His people. In
this covenant God has become my Father and I
have become His son. I have not my own
relationship with the Father but I am sharing
Christ’s relationship with the Father; the most
important relationship He provided for me through
His sufferings. He also provided for me to share in
all His other relationships.

I also confess that as the covenant stands now,

seeing that Christ has fulfilled His part of the
covenant, it is a one-sided covenant of pure grace
and nothing else but grace. The Father is keeping
His side of the covenant of grace forever. If I am
outside of Christ I have no part in this
covenant.

When Christ, the Seed of God, was made

manifested in the flesh He revealed God as Father
to creation. The earth witnessed that God made
provision for man in His Son to be His sons.

The Father sent Jesus to the earth to redeem the

earth from the fall (sin and death). Jesus came to
do the will of the Father and to accomplish His
works. The will of God for the Lord Jesus Christ was
to fulfill the Scriptures. Thus, we can say He fulfilled
all of the word of God that was spoken over His life
according to the anointing that was working in Him.
Consequently, the Father was glorified in the Son.
The will of God for your life is to fulfill the word over
your life according to the anointing that is working
in you that your Father in heaven may be glorified.

Jesus fulfilled the Law and the Prophets because He

is the word of God made flesh. Fulfillment of the
word of God alone brings glory to God. Only
when the Word became flesh fulfillment came
and the Father was glorified. Being the Word He
showed forth the glory of God, which is the
character and power or ability of God. And the
Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we
beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten of
the Father, full of grace and truth (John 1:14). The
Lord showed us that in doing the will of the Father
even unto death, He lived to reveal the glory of the
Father. The Father-Son relationship was
demonstrated that we may know the plan of God
for our lives. The will of God for His sons is to share
in the Son’s relationship with the Father; even unto
death should God so wish. And they overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their
testimony, and they did not love their lives to
the death (Revelation 12:11, emphasis added).

The will of the Father does not consist of do and

don’ts but to be a partaker of the divine nature
through His great and precious promises. It always
points to faith where you through a relationship
with the Father grow to manifest more trust in Him
that He may be pleased. In this imperfect and
broken world the will of God is not done out of
perfection but out of faith. While you are
imperfect you can only present to God faith
and not perfection. Faith is a choice and not the
spontaneity of perfection. Therefore every time you
act in faith, doing the will of the Father you give
something of yourself to God which you do not
really have but hope for; it is a sweet-smelling
sacrifice to Him. I beseech you therefore, brethren,
by the mercies of God, that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy acceptable to God,
which is your reasonable service. And do not be
conformed to this world, but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is
that good and acceptable and perfect will of
God (Romans 12:1-2, emphasis added).

Where does the will of God begin for your life? It

starts with visions of hope (in all areas of your life)
that God deposits in your born-again spirit. It is
your responsibility to discover the will of God in
every area of your life and to fulfill it according to
the anointing that is working in you. The will (word)
of God (Christ) and the anointing (Holy Spirit) in you
is one for God is one. Many Christians never
discover the will of God for their lives. There can be
various reasons for this great tragedy. The greatest
problem is ignorance but in many instances it is
lukewarmness or just plain unbelief. With time the
Holy Spirit will gradually reveal the fine details of
the will of God for your life. This emphasizes an
intimate relationship with God. If you seek Him with
all of your heart He will disclose His heart to you.
Lukewarmness is to serve God on a part time basis.
The will of God is a fulltime business that involves
all relationships with people, places and things in
all areas of your life.

Once you start to see your purpose on earth you

should start to prepare yourself for the task. Do
not neglect the gift that is in you, which was
given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the
hands of the eldership. Meditate on these
things; give yourself entirely to them, that
your progress may be evident to all (1 Timothy
4:14-15, emphasis added). Obedience of faith
brings glory to the Father. When your obedience of
faith has become a dedication you can call it
perseverance of faithfulness. Believe me the will
(word) of God is Spirit and life; His name is Jesus.
When you have become the will of God, you live no
longer but it is Christ living in you. I have been
crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but
Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in
the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved
me and gave Himself for me (Galatians 2:20). The
will of God made flesh is the Spirit of sonship.

When you wish to achieve your goal by performing

something impressive, you are missing the mark.
When you turn to works, Christ has become of no
effect to you. Christ has no need of your works; He
has provided all things for you that pertain to life
and godliness. You only need to believe it. Faith is
not passivity but grace. Passivity is deception, the
enemy of your soul. What is the difference between
legalism and grace? Legalism says, “I need to
impress God to be counted worthy of favor and
show Him my righteousness less He withdraws His
favor from me.” Grace says, “Because I am justified
and righteous in Christ, I produce the fruit (works)
of righteousness because I am seeking the glory of
Him that sent me.” You need to grow in His
relationship with the Father till we all come to the
unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son
of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the
stature of the fullness of Christ. You need not to
work for your own relationship with God. Christ
provided for you, in Himself, His relationship with
the Father. By faith you grow in His relationship
with the Father. If it is you that live, it is your
imperfect relationships that are revealed but if
Christ lives in you, it is His perfect relationships that
are manifested to the glory of the Father. If it is you
that live you manifest the life of a mere man but if
Christ lives in you through faith, a son of God is
manifesting the glory of his Father.

Christ removed all toil and sweat that came on

Adam as a result of sin by introducing grace
through faith. To understand life through the lenses
of grace is to enter into the rest of God. As long as
you want to labor to prove your merits of
worthiness you seek your own glory and your
testimony is not true. When you are doing the will
of God on the basis of Christ’s merits you are
seeking the glory of Him that sent you; then the
Spirit witnesses with your spirit that your testimony
is true. This only I want to learn from you: Did you
receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the
hearing of faith? (Galatians 3:2).

The will of God is the heavenly vision that God has

placed in the heart of every individual believer. You
must discover it and be obedient to it to the glory
of the Father. This is the race that you must run by
faith and finish the course. This is a choice you
have made to be obedient to the heavenly vision.

In us, Christ, the Word of God, must become flesh.

We are the ones in whom God’s Son must be
revealed. The law (will of God) is fulfilled in two
commandments. Jesus said to him, “You shall love
the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your
soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and
great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You
shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two
commandments hang all the Law and the
Prophets” (Matthew 22:37-40). Some erroneously
say this Scripture is part of the Law and is therefore
legalism. Love is the fulfillment of all the Law and
the Prophets. The Law could not have been fulfilled
in the flesh. If love fulfills all the Law and the
Prophets it is no longer of the flesh but of the Spirit.
Love is mercy, grace and compassion that God and
His sons manifest to one another and to all of
creation. There is no fear in love but love casts out
all fear. Love, the perfect will of God, is not the
spirit of bondage again to fear but it is the Spirit of
adoption whereby we cry, Abba Father!

Sonship is the manifestation of the Son in the sons.

But when it pleased God, who separated me from
my mother’s womb and called me through His
grace, to reveal His Son in me… (Galatians 1:15-
16a, emphasis added). Peter told us how to
continuously manifest Christ in us by saying, “If any
anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of
God. If any one ministers, let him do it as with the
ability which God supplies, that in all things God
may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom
belongs glory and the dominion forever and ever”
(1 Peter 4:11). Though, the backbone of every son
is a healthy prayer life you also need to search out
the Scriptures to know the heart of your Father if
you wish to bring Him glory.

Your purpose is to become a substance of pleasure

and delight for your Father who lives in heaven? It
does not happen through works but by excepting
through faith what Jesus is to the Father and then
with Him flowing in the explosive works of God. It is
not building something afresh through works but
enjoying what Christ has already provided for us in
Himself.

If you love God, He knows you. Love is perfection,

the anointed substance of joy and fulfillment you
have become to Him. It is the relationship that
brings fulfillment. The relationship of the Holy
Trinity with each other is one of fulfillment. The
evidence of a deep relationship with God is
fulfillment, which are joy, peace and righteousness.
You find fulfillment in God and God finds fulfillment
in you.

In following Christ you have become all things to all

men, loving them with the love of Christ. You
should treat all of God’s people as a nation of kings
and priests. Even if the least in the kingdom of God
have reproached you and that one does not
deserve your respect you still must remember you
are standing in the presence of a mighty king and a
priest after the order of Melchizedek. You should
treat all the household of God as royalty and all
men with respect, though they do not deserve it. If
you really believe you are a king and a priest and a
son of God start showing it. The nature of Christ is
to be humble, filled with mercy, grace, compassion
and faith in hope that some may be saved. All of
your words and deeds are seed. Sowing is a choice
of seed. The right seed is to be merciful, gracious
and respectful to others. Divine love and godly
wisdom is priceless. The right seed produces the
will of God on earth as it is in heaven that brings
glory to your Father in heaven.