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God’s Blue Book 105
I want to teach you about surrender. When I accepted the
Father’s will and proceeded through all the bitter cruelty before My
death and then accepted My cross to My death, this was true surrender.
There were not little parts of My life I wanted to enjoy and
save and do instead of the Father’s will. I did always, My whole life,
His will.
He has a divine plan for you and you were created to carry out
His wishes. To follow His will daily is His desire. His will is not one
day you do it, then for five or six days you do yours. Doing His will
is a by-the-minute, by-the-hour job. It is always doing what He is
calling you to do. If He wants time with you, you spend it, even
when you think you are too busy. He comes first. If He wants time
with your children, you spend it with them, even if you get pulled
away by others. I am calling you to do those things I tell you and
prompt you to do in your heart. Everyone knows My will if he prays
and stays close to Me. The others just do not feel right. Everyone in
the world may tell you something else but you know My will
because it feels right for you. It may not be easy. It may not be to
your liking, but it is your feeling in your heart, “This is what He is
calling Me to do.”
He may give you a disease which almost forces you to come His
way, but this is not force. Many, even when given helps to follow
My will through sickness and crosses, still choose their own ways.
One man is given a cross. He accepts it as from the God Who loves
him. He learns, he grows, he is following My teaching. Another
becomes bitter and hateful and hurts all those around him. He
learns not one teaching and he follows Satan’s lead to make him
mean. When I give a lead to accept a cross, accept it!
I am teaching you valuable lessons in your crosses. Many think
they are doing My will and they do many good works. Doing My
will is not performing good works. Doing My will is doing whatever
I am calling you to do. I may want you to do something else. When
you keep choosing “good works” as you plan your own life, this is
doing your work. You plan it. You are in control. You do good things
and you therefore rationalize, “I am doing God’s will.” You are doing
your will. You are picking. You are choosing. You choose good
things—it is God’s will. My will is only found from Me. I choose
what you are to do. You follow Me. I tell you, in your heart. I tell
you in your mind. I tell you in the silent times you are with Me. If
you want to do My will, you have to slow down and be close to Me.
Stop doing your own will. Do the will of God. You are receiving
messages in your heart. You may never hear one message. You stay
in your heads and tell yourself what you want to do. You gauge it,