Intercessor

**Architecture, see footnote 3

    Asking the question regularly, "What is God's will over my life"? seems an understatement. Our priority must be Subservient to God's will. I heard the word "subservient" repeatedly over the course of the sermon. Given the message and context of what the preacher tackled, I knew the meaning pertains to "being under God's sovereignty thus his purposes and will for every one of us". When he was saying that "our focus must be subservient to God's will", I analyzed that our focus should be under the umbrella of God's will or subordinate to his will. It matches what the Oxford dictionary's secondary definition depicts.

    The primary one states, "prepared to obey others unquestioningly."1 The word "obey" struck me. Initially "subservient" for me only refers to God's sovereignty. The word "obey" gives a sense of initiative and pro-activeness of the person. It involves a desire to put into an immediate action to express the total sincerity of his inner belief. In this case, it refers to "believing in God".

    The clear sign that our priority is still subservient to his will is through looking at our devotional life. Do we still take time to abide by his word?

"Jesus knew that abiding will never be easy, especially after He left, and He needed to pray for us."2

    It is not easy out of our own way of doing things. Prayer is essential. Our support is larger than we can ever imagine because he regularly prays for us. 



Footnotes:

1 Google. https://www.google.com/search?q=subservient&oq=sub&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j35i39j69i59j46i131i199i291i433i512j46i512j69i61j69i60j69i61.1839j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
2 Dalusong, Jomel. Abide, Week 9. Sermon at ENCM, Mississauga, ON, April 10, 2022.
3 These are some collections of thoughts and reflections. Not intended for formal essays, blogs, or academic writing.  

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