God’s love, which is stronger than death, is causing me to continue walking the path of the mission the Lord has given me (John 6:1–15). “At that very time some Pharisees came and said to Him, ‘Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill You.’ He replied, ‘Go tell that fox, “I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.” In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Luke 13:31–35). ...
May we be of the same mind. [Romans 15:1-6] These days, I am studying Jonah 4 during the Bible study for leaders. The more I study, the more the lesson God gives me is, in one word, 'Yet not my will, but Your be done.’ God's servant, the prophet Jonah, was angry with God for turning His will to bring disaster on the people of Nineveh who repented and turned from their sins. Why? Jonah wanted his will to be done rather than God's will to be done. What was Jonah’s will? It was the destruction of the people of Nineveh. Jonah wanted God to bring disaster on the people of Nineveh with his life. Looking at Jonah like this, I thought about how to know the maturity of faith. In a word, I think the maturity of faith is to put down my own will in front of the cross and submit to the will of the Lord. In other words, a mature Christian prays the prayer Jesus offered t...