Fueled by the Desire To Do the Will of the Father

John 4:34

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

Jesus Christ spent every day of His life on earth fueled by the desire to fulfill the work that He had been given by His Father.  It was the Father's will that all of His children could become heirs to His kingdom in heaven. The sacrificial death of Jesus was required for any man or woman to be deemed acceptable to claim the inheritance that the Father had prepared for them.  Jesus took on the sin of all men on the Cross by divine decree.  It was the reason that He came to earth.  He faithfully completed the work that His Father gave Him to do.   

His unimaginable accomplishment was crowned by His own words, "It is finished."  Through His perfect life and His atoning death, He glorified the Father and opened the way for all men to become heirs to the kingdom of Almighty God.  

With His work complete, Jesus called on His disciples to join Him in fulfilling His Father's plan for mankind.  He warned them that they would suffer many trials in carrying out the Father's will in their own lives.  He explained that each of them would have to pick up their own crosses.  He encouraged them by telling them that He was going to provide them with a helper to give them the strength that they would need to bring the salvation plan to all men.  As it was with the disciples, Jesus is calling each of us to join Him in a lifetime of obedience to the will of Almighty God.

Let us cling to the Cross - the supernatural bridge that provides the only way to Our Father in heaven.  Let us pick up our own crosses to do what is necessary so that we may help the world around us find the way, the truth and the life that is Jesus Christ.  Let us be fueled by our desire to do the will of the Father.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for loving us so much that You sent Your Son to die on the Cross to atone for our sins.  We exalt the name of Jesus who accepted His assignment on earth so that He might glorify Your name and open the way to heaven for all men.  We pray, Father, that we may glorify Your name by faithfully completing every good work that You have set aside for us.  In the name of Jesus, we ask for the grace to see and the strength to accept the things that You have called us to do so that others may see the way, the truth and the life that is Your Son, Jesus.  We ask all these things in the name of the Lamb slain for our sin, Jesus Christ.