Oct 22
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WILLING
“Thy people shall be willing in the day of Thy power” (Ps. 110:3). That is not the case before the day of His power. An evil nature makes us unwilling in all that pertains to the Gospel. The day of His power causes those who were not willing to be willing! The day of His power causes those who were not voluntary to be volunteers! The day of His power causes them to love what they once hated and to hate what they once loved! Those who are made willing find it a joy to deny self, take up their cross, and follow Christ. Their will is for their will to be completely subject to God’s will. Their will is to be saved by the God of all grace in the way that He saves. This willingness is caused by the saving grace of God. “It is God that worketh in you both to will and to do His good pleasure” (Phil. 2:13). The Lord said to the twelve, “Will ye also go away?” Not one of them was willing to do that! While we reject “free will”, we know grace makes us willing.
Todd Nibert