Month: June 2026

More on the Will of God

by leekierdorf

God wants you to live in relationships of love. He has done everything to allow you and me to return to a good relationship with him. Sin, guilt? He dealt with it. Conscience? Always evaluating which is better? Throw it away. It will never lead you to goodness. Eternal life is live, in the moment, in contact with the Spirit of God, proving the will of God is good by doing it.

They would bring either/or questions to Jesus. He never chose A or B. Do we pay taxes to Caesar? Yes or no, Jesus? Let’s look at a coin. It came from Ceasar. His name is on it. Give it back to him. But what did God give you? Give that back to him.

Or: Who is my neighbor? Ooh, it sounds so wise. It was more like, how big is my neighborhood? Jesus tells a nearly ridiculous story of kindness to one in need. The hero is a Samaritan! The question Jesus answers is a different one. How does a really good neighbor behave?

Why doesn’t Jesus answer like they want? He goes by life and death not good and evil. He was The Life. He lived in the moment with God. He never went by conscience. He never talked of bad, worse, better, best. He never said, go by your conscience, choose good over evil. No, he said, “Follow me.” Do what I do. He loved to do the will of the Father. The will of God is only one thing at any moment. The world of possible actions is swept away. I came to do the will of God. Did he look sorry or solemn? No, I think he looked joyful.

He created excitement around him. He attracted people. He was a magnet. Sometimes people lost track of the time. His disciples said, “It’s getting late, send the people on their way to find their dinner.” Jesus is caught up in the moment and says, “No, you feed them!” His faith is exuberant. They try to show him practicality. He won’t have it. It’s like water from a rock. Food from heaven time. Tell them to sit down. I ask you this: where is the ‘work by the sweat of your brow’? No, it’s manna time to Jesus. The next thing you know, food is being passed around. Plenty of it. This is Jesus doing the will of God.

The will of God is live in the moment. It is not a thing apart from God. That’s why you can’t separate the will of God from God. You can’t know the will of God as a possibility among possibilities. The will of God is connected to God at all times. It does not live somewhere that we can contain it as knowledge. It is quite different.

Rather than process possibilities, we live by inspiration. Why is Jesus always running afoul of ‘the rules’? Because they were added on later. Do you think God wanted to write some rules on a stone and give it to his people? That was what they wanted. Give us some rules and back off, God. We’ll take it from here.

When Jesus comes, they throw the rules in his face. The Sabbath was made for man not the other way round. Do good to others on the Sabbath. “Your disciples are harvesting, that’s working on the Sabbath.” Here was a day of rest used as a bludgeon. The will of God is not a means to condemn others and justify yourself. Jesus makes the astounding statement, “I judge no man.” Or woman. “Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more.”

The will of God comes forth from him for you in real time. You have the Spirit of God. If you don’t, you can. He will not have his will as a possibility among other possibilities for you to evaluate. You can be moved by his Spirit to act. Or you can decide for yourself what to do. Those are our choices.

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White Stone

by leekierdorf

In Revelation 2, each one receives a new name.

To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knows except he that receives it.

A name is what others call you but this name is known only to you and your Lord. So, God knows your unique name now. He has been building you into that name for your whole life.

It says to “him that overcomes”. The overcoming is the overcoming of self. Self is enticed by devil, the world system and the flesh.

How do we do it?

Only by the more powerful can we overcome the power of the self. God is most powerful. And to be filled with his Holy Spirit without any dark corners in our soul and for our hearts to become pure is the only way.

Jesus would not say “pure in heart” if there were no chance of it. Pure in heart means only one thing is in your heart. Only one love. Clear out all other loves. Jesus is so lovable, we can fill our hearts with that love, casting other loves out.

If we cast off evil desires, how light our hearts and souls will become. We will walk lightly on the earth. The pull of riches will weaken and fame and power can be left to Jesus.

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Living Water

by leekierdorf

As the Lord says “Whosoever believeth in Me, out of his belly shall flow streams of living water.”

And again: “Whosoever shall drink of the water which I give, he shall never thirst, and there shall be in him a spring of living water unto everlasting life.”

Here is a question: is the spring aware of itself? Why is Jesus concerned most about what flows out?

We focus on what comes in. We will take a big bucket of living water. But Jesus talks of a spring in us that flows out.

It is the nature of water to flow. From high to low. From under to up. From here to there. John’s letter makes it clear. If it doesn’t flow, it’s no go. If the love of God does not flow out of us, it’s not real.

Again, it is the nature of God’s love to flow out to others. If we say we enjoy the love of God for us, we must make way for that love to flow to others. If not, it will dry up.

James says, we don’t have wisdom because we don’t ask. Wisdom is what to do. In the moment. Jesus always knew what to do in every situation. He had wisdom and acted on that to meet every situation he was in.

Ask and you will receive.

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