Will Of God

On the 20th day of fasting prayer,we had Eby Achan(Kokkad,Punalur, Kerala) as a guest speaker.In the morning session, he spoke about Will of God, specifically what is expected out of a person who follows will of God.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus.(Ephesians 1:1)

John 1:35-42
.......And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus saw him, He said, You are Simon the son of Jonah; you shall be called Cephas (which translated is, A stone).

Here Jesus is prophecising to Simon Peter, seeing him for the first time.

Luke 5:1-3And it happened that the crowd pressed on Him to hear the word of God, He stood by the lake of Gennesaret. And He saw two boats standing by the lake. But the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets. And He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, He asked him to thrust out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the people out of the boat.

1. Person who do the will of God will not follow blessings, but will follow the One who gives you blessing

-Jesus told simon that you will become Cephas. But he went back to his routine, fishing. Here Jesus is telling simon that one day will come when your identity will be changed
-Eventhough Simon went back to his work, in His time Jesus went to him.
Peter and friends tried the whole night in lake of Gennesaret. Even though they were good in their job, they didn't get anything that night. When they came back totally depressed,Jesus is waiting for them in the shore. Peter didn't have any hesitation in giving his boat to Jesus to preach.
-You will win in same situations where you failed
They tried all night, but they failed. But when they obeyed Jesus, the same lake gave them plenty.
-You need to tell bye-bye to many things, sometimes including blessings
Peter got boat full of fish when he did as Jesus commanded. That was a blessing to him. But when Jesus called him, he didn't look back. He left everything, his net, boat and his latest catch. Nothing hold him back including blessings. When you follow His will, you need to change your priorities
In Old Testament we see Abraham rejected the offers made by King of Sodom(Gen 14:21-23)

2. Person who do the will of God will ask "What shall I do Lord"
Acts 22:8-10
..And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise and go into Damascus. And there it shall be told you all things which are appointed for you to do.


This is experience of Paul(Saul). Lord visited saul. The first question Paul asked was this. He didn't ask nay personal blessings. He wish to know " I am ready Lord. What shall I do?"