The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-08-06

GN organizations. 1t
is so easy to speak
OF Gods will, but it is quite another
thing to realize its meaning and 10 SO
think and act as to bring the will OF Goa
to pass. To do Gods will requires an
understanding of what that VIII is, ana
the purpose and ability to do that VIII
as it is revealed. 1t would be folly Tor
the child to attempt to do its fathers
will unless it had a clear understanding
OF what that will was. And, further, IL
would be unlikely to perform that WILL
granting that it did know what it was,
unless the attitude of the heart was right
and there were a desire to do and ability
to perform. And. again, the loving ana
wise and faithful father would not eX-
pect or demand Of his child that which
he was unable to perform, nor would
he demand or expect less than that
which would call forth the best effort OF
The child. And. further, the father
would not be SO unreasonable as to eX-
pact the child to perform his will II he
had not revealed and made plain to the
child just what that will was. we nave
two viewpoints, then, from which to
consider our topic. from the fathers
standpoint and from the child's stand
point; from the standpoint of the ore
whose will is to be done and from the
standpoint of the one who is to do that
wiz. The father must make his will
riain to the child. and must be wise and
careful to exact or expect nothing CT the
child but that which he is capable of
performing. And the child must seek
- know the fathers will and must ave
the desire and purpose to perform 1t.
And this statement OF the case of the re-
laIion Of the earthly parent TO his child
exactly illustrates the relation which
man sustains to God.
~ Cd has a will to be done on earth
u even as it is perfectly done in
Heaven. And that this will may be
perfectly done requires first that God
shall reveaI that will to man; and sec
ond that He shall require not less nor
more than man is able to perform. Ma
GA his part must seek to know what the
sill of God is and then have the desire
aud purpose to perform that will as it is
revealed to him. This. | think, fairly
states what is involved il the doing the
will of GOD. And We must recognize the
fact that the will Of the all-wiSe, all
loving. all-faithful Heavenly Father is
hest for man, even as we recognize In
human relationships that the will of the
wise, lowing and faithful parent is best
for the child. The child is not always
able to see it and understand it. Helives
for the moment, he sighs things on the
scale OF appetite and desire, and that
which he wants the most he judges to be
the best thing for him. But not so the
parent. He looks DOWN the years and,
desiring things for his child which will
best fit him for life and it's soci&l and
business relationships. he wills this and
that for the child, The child often does
not understand, he cannot see the value
OF doing this or that CT of keeping from
this or that indulgence, but if he is an
obedient and loving child he will cheer
fully say: Father knows best" and do
his best to perform his fathers will.
And this is exactly Tie case as regards
the relations Of Goo and man.
no YOU desire to be included az a
IL member Of Jesus family circle?
Do you long to have Tim stretch forth
His hand and point you out as belong
ing to Him in a peculiar and close
relationship? There is only one way
to have your desire and longing salts
fed. and that is to do the VIII of God.
Ana ihiS fBvolves tnoWieGrc CT the will
Of 600 and abiiit: ard desire to per-
form th2t will. And what is the
will Of God for man: Just as the
earthly parent desires its Child to be
the very best. to realize the very best,
SO God, In infinitely higher and better
degree, desires for man the very best.
He commands: "Be ye holy; for I
am holy" Ard Jesus summed up all
the wonderful teachings Of the Ser
mon on the Mount in the words: BE
We therefore perfect, even as your Fa-
Their Which is in Heaven is perfect
God searched through all the centu-
ries before Jesus came into the world
to find a man who could perfectly full
fill Gods will, and He found him NOT.
The very best specimens Of manhood
failed. Noah, Abraham, Moses, the
prophets. and even David, failed.
There vas none righteous, not even
one" All had sinned at some point
I'm their lives and come short of the
glory of God. But Jesus came and