His Will Is Our Spiritual Food

John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.

God’s love and commandments go hand in hand, they are not a burden to follow. Walking in His will is the same as walking in His commandments. We do not follow Him through our will power but rather, we submit our will, we deny ourselves and follow Him. We follow Him through the Spirit that lives in us. We follow Him through the vine/branch relationship. We follow Him as He leads. He is not going to lead us into a place we are not able to follow for He is love. Following Him and abiding in His love are one in the same.

What is God’s will? It is simply what God wants, what He wants for us and in our lives. Our wills are used to being in charge, the commander-in-chief. We, however, no longer belong to ourselves, to our will. We have been bought with a price, have been redeemed and now belong to God. His will is now the commander-in-chief. This is not an easy thing for our wills to accept. In fact, it is a daily struggle. Our will is constantly trying to regain the commander position. It is not like our will finally gets the message and submits, willingly giving up control. No, it daily tries to command us and does so for the rest of our lives.

John 6:38 "For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

Something incredible and amazing happens when we give up our will, daily, and follow God’s will for us. His life is expressed through us as His will is followed. Eternal life, and the amazing love of God, are expressed through us as we follow His daily commands.

God’s will is full of wisdom and love for us. We follow His will daily in faith. Sometimes we may have insight into the wisdom of His will for a particular leading in our daily circumstance. At other times, we may not understand why He is leading us but we follow in faith, believing He knows best. We may even reason with ourselves that there are 20 better pathways we could take rather than the one we believe He wants us to take. At times, we will get it wrong and mistake our will for His. Or, we may stubbornly refuse to go His way. He will teach us about walking in His will through the vine/branch relationship.

We now belong to Him and walking in His will is our number one priority. If it is not, He will lovingly bring us to the place of yielding to His will daily. It is through our obedience to His commands that His life and love are expressed through us to others. As we walk in these commands, through the guidance of His Spirit, fruit will be produced in our lives and in those around us.

Now that we are born again into the kingdom of God, born of the Spirit with Jesus living in us through the Holy Spirit, partakers of His divine nature, we need a different type of food. We need spiritual food for our sustenance. What is this new food? How do we eat of this new, spiritual food?

John 6:48 "I am the bread of life.

John 6:56 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.

Compare John 6:56 with John 15:10:
“If you keep my commandments you will abide in my love…”

Eating His flesh and drinking His blood are the same as keeping His commandments. When we eat His flesh we abide in Him. When we keep His commandments, we abide in Him. He is our bread. We partake of Him when we follow Him, when we keep His commandments, when we walk in His Spirit. His words are spirit and life. When we keep His words, as He speaks them to us daily, we are eating this bread of life.

John 4:31-34 Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat." 32 But He said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know about." 33 So the disciples were saying to one another, "No one brought Him {anything} to eat, did he?" 34 Jesus *said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.

When we follow His commands, follow His leading, we are eating of the bread of life, we are eating His flesh and blood. This is now our food, to do His will and in doing so, His words abide in us. When we eat food in the natural, we swallow the food, it then becomes part of us. When we do His will, daily, we eat of Him, His words or commands and He abides in us.

Just as a branch takes nourishment from the vine, our nourishment or food comes from doing His will which is the same as eating of the bread of life, Jesus.