John 3:27

 John 3:27

“John answered, ‘A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from Heaven.’”

“The greatest Blessing Spiritually is the Knowledge that we are destitute; until we get there Our LORD is powerless.” Oswald Chambers

What is Oswald saying, that GOD is powerless? No! Oswald knew and we know that GOD is All Powerful, He is Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent!

What Oswald said was that in our life GOD is Powerless if we do not surrender our life to Him through JESUS CHRIST.

It is not that GOD cannot overrule our will - it is that GOD will not overrule our will as His servants. Like with Samson, Samson lived a sin filled life and GOD did not overrule his will to live that way even though he was dedicated and chosen from conception to be a Judge over Israel. GOD did not overrule David’s will when he sinned with Bathsheba and Uria, even though he was a man after GOD’s Own heart.

He does overrule the will of the wicked according to His Own Will. Like Pharaoh when GOD told Moses to lead the Israelites out of captivity in Egypt. GOD did overrule the kings of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir when they attacked Judah while Jehoshaphat was king.

So what does that mean for us as Christians today? It means that we can be a Christian and we can sin and GOD will not overrule our will to sin, even if it costs us are salvation. JESUS clearly said that we have to lay down our life and take up our cross and follow Him - everyday. JESUS told us if we seek to save our life we will lose it, but if we lose our life for His sake we will save it.

We are not drafted into the Kingdom of GOD, we are shown our need of Salvation and that Salvation comes only through JESUS CHRIST. When we accept that Salvation through repentance we begin the surrendered life of a Child of GOD. GOD will not overrule our will, it is up to us to seek Him, His Kingdom and His Righteousness. Then He will provide what we need when we need it and instruct us by His SPIRIT and His Word on how to live our life maintaining our Salvation by our obedience.

GOD does use judgment to correct and guide us in the decisions we make. GOD did use Nebuchadnezzar to bring Judah into seventy years of judgment for their sin. GOD did appear to Saul on the road to Damascus to show him his service was actually sin. And GOD does the same for us, He lets us get to the end of ourself so that we see that only He can save us. As Christians He brings judgment on our life when we sin to call us back to Himself.

But Just as Saul had to make the choice we will have to make the choice to repent and obey. You can serve and not obey - that is religion. GOD calls us to a relationship with Himself in which we decide to obey His Will for our life.