The New Life by Andrew

Andrew Murray on The New Life: Words of God for Young Disciples Text
Ps 42:9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because
of the oppression of the enemy?
Mt 26:39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it
be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Heb 10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will,
O God.
Heb 10:9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may
establish the second.
O my Father, this was the glory of the Lord Jesus, that He did not His own will, but the will of His
Father. This His glory I desire to have as mine. Father, open mine eyes and my heart to know the
perfection, the glory of Thy will, and the glory of a life in this will. Teach me to understand Thy will
aright, then willingly and cheerfully to execute it; and where I have to hear it, to do this also with
filial adoration. Amen.
1. To do the will of God from the heart in prosperity is the only way to bear this will from the heart in
suffering.
2. To do the will of God, I must know it spiritually. The light and the power of the Spirit go together:
what He teaches to see as God's will, He certainly teaches all to do. Meditate much on Rom. 12:2, and
pray earnestly to see God's will aright.
3. Learn always to adore the will of God in the least and the worst thing that man does to you. It is not
the will of God that His child should be proved thereby. Say then always in the least as well as the
greatest trials: It is the will of God that I am in this difficulty. This brings the soul to rest and silence,
and teaches it to honour God in the trial. On this point read the chapter, 'Is God in everything?' In the
excellent little book, 'The Christians Secret of Salvation.' *
4. When God gave a will to man, He gave him a power whereby he could accept or reject the will of
God. Child of God, pray, open your will to receive the will of God with its full power, and to be filled
with it. This is heavenly glory and blessedness, to be conscious every day: my will is in harmony with
God's will; God's will lives in me. It is the will of God to work this in you.
* [The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, by H .W. S. F. E. Longely, chap. 8 p. 83. -- Translator]
XLVI. SELF-DENIAL
'Then said Jesus unto His disciples, If any man would come after Me, let him deny himself, and take
up his cross and follow Me.' -- Matt. 16:24
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