John 5:19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.

Let me make this perfectly clear, Jesus is God, we are not. We are now the children of God by adoption and as children we have a relationship with the Father by which we now have the right to call Him “Abba Father”. The intent is for a close personal relationship with our spiritual Father.

It is in this closest of relationships in which we can see God’s hand at work.

1 Corinthians 6:17 But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.

This means one mind, total agreement, and one will to be done.

Matthew 12:50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.

How can we do the will of the Father without knowing Him in a close personal relationship?

We must first understand who is doing the work.

Philippians 2:13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

When we surrender our will to His will. He will enact His will through the power of the Holy Spirit who is the abiding presence of God in our lives. He does the work, not us.

John 5:30 I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

This is the key to doing the will of the Father, to have no will of our own interfering with the work to be done. To hear is key, but to judge rightly that we are hearing the Father is only discovered in our deep personal relationship.

I prayed, “Use me to do your will!”

God answered me. “An empty vessel has no desires.”

Psalm 41:4-7 English Standard Version

4 As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you!”
5 My enemies say of me in malice, “When will he die, and his name perish?”
6 And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
7 All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me.

I was searching the bible for something else and I found this. This is much better.

This sounds exactly like what is going on in America today. This song of David reminds me that this bad behavior we are witnessing today has been going on for a very long time. Solomon was right when he said there is nothing new under the sun.

Sadly the only people who can see this are those of us that believe God and take His Word to heart.  The haters seem so proud of the hate they spew and while it looks disgusting to us, there are those who think it is funny. It is not funny and I am sad for this generation that refuses to turn to God.

Even in these disgusting times God is at work in those He is calling out of the darkness. We will not see them unless we remember we are beacons of light ourselves.

Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

Our risen Lord will shine through us if we keep His Word. His abiding love is what those floundering in darkness seek. It is God who calls, and God that saves. We are the only light in the dark the lost can see during these times.

Matthew 5:14 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

The Lord is calling us to be seen. This is not the time to hide our faith.