Another Musick-al Note: # 23
This is a question exemplifying complete submission to our Lord and Savior. The same thought is expressed in the song, “Have Thine Own Way, Lord”. Such questions and thoughts coming from a pure heart will be followed by deeds, actions and works which display a singular fidelity to the Lord Jesus Christ. True Christians are uncommonly dedicated to the One who bought them from sin and who redeemed them from the eternal fires of hell. How precious they must be in the sight of God and His Son, Jesus. This question has been asked and the thought expressed by some Christians whose actions, deeds and works declare that they also added another phrase within their minds and hearts so that the question should have been, “What will you have me do Lord, that does not conflict with my desires?” The declaration would be, “I’ll do anything you want me to do if I can have my own way.” There is no submission to the Lord with this spirit and when it is prevalent in any congregation, strife, wrath, hatred and division will result. If the Lord is not exalted, honored and followed to the exclusion of all else, then we are not true disciples. Jesus said that we must love Him more than father, mother, husband, wife, brother, sister and even our own life in order to be His disciple. A Christian who allows personal desires to become so important to him that he ceases to do the work of the Lord is trying to serve God with reservations. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind that his service will be complete and without any reservation to fulfill the desires of the flesh. By so doing, we will be pleasing in the sight of the Lord and be able to work in harmony with our fellow Christians.
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