The Mystery of doing God's will

A large part of spiritual life is in the mystery of doing God's will. We are reminded that we can't do anything good of ourselves. We often don't really know the truth of this word until we do try to lead the Christian life of ourselves. Then like Paul we have to cry out: "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" (Rom 7:24)

This is not only true individually but corporately as well. Jesus said, I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. (John 15:5)

On the other hand, God's will is not entirely something external. We must have an interest or a stake in seeing God's will be done. This is just what the Lord taught the disciples in His model prayer.

To sum in up in a verse, "which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:"(Col 1:27). This is the mystery of Christian life, of spiritual life. Not you alone, or God alone. But God in you.