The Way to New Jerusalem

Luke 18:31

And taking the twelve, he said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.

Jesus was perfectly attuned to the work that He was called to do.  He spent His entire time on earth completely focused on doing the will of His Father.  He did not care if He preached to one or to ten thousand.  He was not seeking recognition for the good work that He was doing in the sense that we would seek recognition for ourselves.  There is so much that we need to learn from Jesus about how we approach our work.

Jesus was only concerned with pleasing the Father.  Nothing could discourage Our Lord on His way to Jerusalem to meet His fate at Calvary. No amount of suffering could deter Him. No distraction could lead Him to hurry to the next task.  The only task that Jesus was concerned with was the one that the Father put before Him. There is so much that we need to learn from Jesus about persevering through our trials.

It is important that we tune into the voice of the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit directs our attention to Our Savior.  The Holy Spirit works in our lives so that we can learn to align our personal plans with the plans that God has for our lives.  Just as Jesus aligned His plans with the Father's plans so that He would find His way to Jerusalem, we must align ourselves with God's plan for our lives so that we can find our way to our Jerusalem, New Jerusalem.  We must not let anything or any circumstance take us off our path.  

Let us please Our Father in heaven.  Let us surrender completely to the One who was completely surrendered to the will of His Father.  Let us accomplish all that was set aside for us on the Cross through Him.  

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for providing for our eternal resting place in New Jerusalem.  We praise Our Savior, Jesus, for clearing our path to get there.  We ask for the Holy Spirit to direct us to our path and prepare us for the journey. We pray that we may be strengthened so that we may be steadfast in doing only the things that are pleasing to You, Father.  May all that we accomplish be for Your glory.  We ask all these things in the name of Our Spiritual Rock, Jesus Christ.