To see this blessing in our duty
we must bow in absolute
helplessness and dependence
on Him, turning away wholly
from self.

In Christ, this obedience was faith in entire dependence upon God's strength. "I can
of mine own self do nothing" (John 5:30) "The Father that dwelleth in me, He doeth
the works" (John 14:10).

The Son's unreserved surrender to the Father's will was met by the Father's unceasing
and unreserved bestowal of His POWER working in Him. AMEN

It will be even so with us. If we learn that giving up our wills
to God is always the measure of His giving His POWER to us,
we will see that a surrender to full obedience is nothing but a
full faith that God will work all in us.

God's promises fo the New Covenant all rest
on this scripture: "And the Lord thy God will
circumcise thine heart...

to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart...

And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord." (Deuteronomy 30:6,8-9). "I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you

shall keep my judgments
and do them" (Ezekiel 36:27)

Let us, like the Son, believe
that God works everything out for the good of those who love and obey Him Amen