{"id":5957,"date":"2011-12-22T06:33:35","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T14:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wordpress\/?p=5957"},"modified":"2011-12-22T07:56:31","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T15:56:31","slug":"the-drawing-of-the-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=5957","title":{"rendered":"The Drawing of the Father"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him . . . \u2014John 6:44<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div id=\"post-744\">\n<div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xBJd7OFo4s0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"575\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nWhen God begins to draw me to Himself, the problem of my will comes in immediately. Will I react positively to the truth that God has revealed? Will I come to Him? To discuss or deliberate over spiritual matters when God calls is inappropriate and disrespectful to Him. When God speaks, never discuss it with anyone as if to decide what your response may be (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Galatians+1:15-16\">Galatians 1:15-16<\/a>). Belief is not the result of an intellectual act, but the result of an act of my will whereby I deliberately commit myself. But will I commit, placing myself completely and absolutely on God, and be willing to act solely on what He says? If I will, I will find that I am grounded on reality as certain as God\u2019s throne.In preaching the gospel, always focus on the matter of the will. Belief must come from the <em>will<\/em> to believe. There must be a surrender of the will, not a surrender to a persuasive or powerful argument. I must deliberately step out, placing my faith in God and in His truth. And I must place no confidence in my own works, but only in God. Trusting in my own mental understanding becomes a hindrance to complete trust in God. I must be willing to ignore and leave my feelings behind. I must <em>will<\/em>to believe. But this can never be accomplished without my forceful, determined effort to separate myself from my old ways of looking at things. I must surrender myself completely to God.Everyone has been created with the ability to reach out beyond his own grasp. But it is God who draws me, and my relationship to Him in the first place is an inner, personal one, not an intellectual one. I come into the relationship through the miracle of God and through my own will to believe. Then I begin to get an intelligent appreciation and understanding of the wonder of the transformation in my life.<\/div>\n<div>___________________________________________<\/div>\n<div>December 22, 2011<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Journal Entry for today-JDV&amp;DJR<\/p>\n<p>Lord, when you call, I pray that I am listening,\u00a0surrendered. I have decided to be surrendered to Your will in all that I say,\u00a0touch and do this day. And I know that opportunities to live in your will shall appear\u00a0this day.\u00a0 So Lord, right now I offer up\u00a0myself honestly and completely, knowing full well that I have a tendency to\u00a0take over the reins and responsibility of my daily activities. So please help\u00a0me in my surrender this day. Help me surrender to You and Your perfect will\u2026.all\u00a0day long.<\/p>\n<p><em>And God says\u2026\u201dWhen you\u00a0pray that prayer with honest surrender, and give Me your day, you can engage\u00a0your day with a sense of adventure, wonder and supernatural expectations. You\u00a0can be\u00a0certain of Me and My promises all day long\u2026. as you stay surrendered and\u00a0committed to living in My will &#8230; Trust\u00a0the Lord completely; don\u2019t ever trust yourself. In everything you do, put God\u00a0first, and He will direct you and crown your efforts with success.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him . . . \u2014John 6:44 When God begins to draw me to Himself, the problem of my will comes in immediately. Will I react positively to the truth that God has revealed? Will I come to Him? 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