What Is the Will Of The Father According To Jesus?

Jesus during His first advent constantly made reference to His Father and the need for Him to do the Father’s Will, but what did He mean? During His ministry, Jesus accomplishes many well-noted miracles and acts of righteousness, but what exactly is the will of the father?

The will of the Father is that we believe in His only begotten Son and what He taught. In addition, it is the Father’s Will that we obey the teachings of Jesus, internalize His teaching, and share them with all who will receive them as outlined in Mark 16:15.

Since Jesus said in Matthew 7:21, “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven“, I think it’s super important to drill down into what is meant in detail by the term, “Will Of My Father”. Let’s get started…

The Will Of The Father Is To Believe In The Son

When we think about the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ it would be easy to understand the reaction of the centurion soldier recorded in Matthew 27:54, “Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God”. There was so much validation around the ministry of Jesus that one would be hard press to refute His claims. One such occurrence happened on the “Mount Of Olives” when Jesus was transfigured before Peter James and John.

Matthew records this event in the 17th chapter, and in the 5th verse, and it reads, “While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him”. Again, the Father wants us to believe the Son and His message that the Kingdom Of God is at hand, He’s urging repentance. The Father is pointing at the Son and telling the world to follow Him. Acts 4:12 also makes this point when it says, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved”.

If you ever follow the life and ministry of Jesus one of the things that you will notice about Him is how on task He stayed. He always seemed to be in tune with what the Father wanted Him to do at any given time, it is a wonderful example to see. The Father points us to Jesus because belief in Jesus is His salvation plan for man. A person can not be reconciled back to a right relationship with God, the Father without faith in what Jesus accomplished at the cross. So yes, It’s the Father’s will that we follow Him.

The Will Of The Father Is That None Should Perish

In John 3:16 this very familiar scripture tells us, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”. God doesn’t want anyone perishing this is why He provides a way of escape for anyone who wants it. If we go all the way back to the garden of Eden from the very beginning, at the fall of man God provided a solution for sin. When Adam and Eve sinned and were found naked God provide them with animal skins to cover themselves, not just themselves, but also their sins as well.

In Egypt when God sent the death angel to kill all of the firstborn of the Egyptians, the children of Israel were spared because they were covered by the blood God instructed them to place on their door post. Throughout the entire Old Testament, we see the children of Israel making sacrifice after sacrifice to God for their sins. All of these acts were pointing to the ultimate sacrifice, the Lord Jesus Christ. When Jesus came to the earth He came with a purpose. He wasn’t just born like any other person that comes into the world. Jesus was sent here to redeem mankind for the fall of Adam and Eve.

This is why not just any religion can reconcile mankind to God. When Adam and Eve sinned and covered themselves with fig leaves that represented other religions as well as man’s attempt to restore himself. When God rejected their solution and killed an animal He gave them skins that were sufficient to cover their sins. We know that Romans 6:23 says, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”. Although God’s judgment must be satisfied when sin is committed the best part is He Himself has provided us with a remedy, Glory To God!

My Meat Is To Do The Will Of My Father

In the book of John Jesus, after having an extended conversation with the woman of Samaria about her life the disciples return from shopping for more food. Let’s take a look at John 4:31-34, “In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work“. What Jesus is communicating here is that doing the will of God is more important than even eating.

As I said above, Jesus always stayed on task. He always was mindful of the work of God, we must do this as well. This is what it really means to seek first the Kingdom Of God and Its righteousness. Friends, God is looking for people to serve with this same mindset that will put advancing the Kingdom Of God above all else. God is more than big enough to take care of our needs, we need only put Him first in our lives and He will act.

How The Will Of The Father Empowered Jesus

I’ve spoken about Jesus’s singleness of mind concerning the will of the Father but we haven’t talked about how that benefited and empowered Jesus. In the day that we live in, there are many, many preachers, teachers, prophets, and apostles, you get the point. There’s no shortage of people with a “word from the Lord” to share with whoever will listen; however, we don’t see the undeniable power and anointing that rested on Jesus. There was a certain seriousness about Jesus, and I know He is God in the flesh but He also was a 100% man as well.

Jesus demonstrated what any of us could be if we were to submit to the will of the Father as He did. Many people don’t believe they have access to that type of power but Jesus said we do. In John 14:12-14 Jesus said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it”.

Jesus’ determination to keep the Father’s Will the first priority in His life gave him the power to do the works that He did. Basically, the Father extended His great power to Jesus because Jesus was doing what the Father wanted to be done. The Father wants us all who believe in His Son, The Lord Jesus Christ to operate in the exact same way that Jesus did. He wants us to have the same anointing and power to accomplish His work on the earth.

Amen, Well friends I pray these words were edifying to you and I want to invite you to download our free guide, “5 Ways To Fight Worry, Anxiousness, And Anxiety
With God’s Word”, I’m sure it will bless your soul. I want to thank you so much for studying with us and being here, we love you and we are praying with you that the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is extended to you. Until next time we pray that your faith fails not.