Today's scripture: John 5:30
Jesus is God. He is part of what we call the Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. One God manifested in three Persons.
The Son came to earth to be the once-for-all sacrifice to provide salvation, and while He was on earth, He worked in perfect unity with the Father.
According to one commentary, Jesus is saying in today's verses, "I am the Son that can do nothing separate from the Father, and contrary to his will, but do all things in conjunction with him; who sees all that he does, by being in him, and co-operating with him, and do the selfsame. I am the Son to whom the Father shows, and by whom he does, all he does; and to whom he will show, and by whom he will do, as a co-efficient with him, greater works than what, as yet, he has done ..." Jesus did not "seek to gratify his own will, as distinct from his Father's, or in opposition to it; for he had no private end to answer, or separate interest, or advantage to pursue ..." (John Gill's Exposition of the Bible).
Now, we are not God ... far from it! However, we
can learn from how the Son worked with the Father. We too should do
"nothing on [our] own initiative." We should "not seek [our] own
will." Instead, we should always seek God's will.Jesus is God. He is part of what we call the Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. One God manifested in three Persons.
The Son came to earth to be the once-for-all sacrifice to provide salvation, and while He was on earth, He worked in perfect unity with the Father.
According to one commentary, Jesus is saying in today's verses, "I am the Son that can do nothing separate from the Father, and contrary to his will, but do all things in conjunction with him; who sees all that he does, by being in him, and co-operating with him, and do the selfsame. I am the Son to whom the Father shows, and by whom he does, all he does; and to whom he will show, and by whom he will do, as a co-efficient with him, greater works than what, as yet, he has done ..." Jesus did not "seek to gratify his own will, as distinct from his Father's, or in opposition to it; for he had no private end to answer, or separate interest, or advantage to pursue ..." (John Gill's Exposition of the Bible).
We have choices to make every day. Some are minor; some are life-changing. Before we head down any path, we need to seek God's will. We need to align ourselves with Him and, just as Jesus did, not try to do anything on our own.
So, as you head down whatever path that's in front of you today, pray for God's leading. Pray for His will. Follow His path.
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