Not My Will, but My Father's

 (Note:  Today's slice, although composed last night at this time appeared this morning, on the day for which it was intended.  Perhaps we've "cracked the code"!)

 John 6: 35-40

³⁵ And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. ³⁶ But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe. ³⁷ All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. ³⁸ For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. ³⁹ This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. ⁴⁰ And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

"The obedient man will speak of victory" (Prov 21: 28) , a dictum proven right over the centuries. Jesus came to do the will of his Father, and accomplished it perfectly.  He sets the bar for the rest of us.It's a high bar, for it takes trust, courage and strength that must be fortified by God's grace. We can't do it on  a purely human level.  He will give us that grace when he sees our desire for it, and hears our prayer for it. May God give each one of us the grace to do his will, not ours.

Bro. Rene