There is tremendous privilege in the knowledge that God is good and that He does good everlastingly. To know Him as Father, to trust Him as the Father Whom Jesus revealed Him to be, is a magnificent benefit, the surpassing wonder and joy of life.
Now what?
Please, Sir, we want some more.
Within this monastery of the heart, we want not only to know we are loved, but also to return love. We want not only the blessings of God and the intangible sweetness and pleasures of faith, but also to take part in the life and love of the Lord. Jesus knew we would. After all, it was not enough for Him to sit at the right hand of the Father and soak up the majesty and goodness of that place of honor and eternal glory. He ever knows and ever has known His Father’s heart, and the Father had ordained an epoch in which the glory of Father and Son together would be magnified in the lives of men.
This desire to move into the circle of the will of God begins with a passion to know Him better. It moves along because we see that He is “up to something” in the earth. We begin to want to know the joys of obedience, because we house the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the fully obedient Son of God.
We are His own, God’s children, actually offspring by faith sharing in the inheritance of Jesus Christ, but we are not babies. Let us endeavor today to remember back, perhaps far back, to that time when it pleased us to be obedient children, to hear a parent say, “Good job!” Let’s see if we can remember those short days when obedience brought us deep inner joy, when the “well done” of our parents filled us with good pleasure, those days when it was enough just to obey, even without commendation.
There is grown up joy in obedience to our Heavenly Father; Jesus Christ will prove this to us every day by His Spirit within us. In Cor Unum, we are finding the joy of obedience, seizing it, and making it our grown up glory.
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