We must relinquish our own will to FATHER if we want to become fully mature Sons and Daughters.
Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 22:
39 Jesus left the upper room with His disciples and, as was His habit, went to the Mount of Olives, His place of secret prayer. 40 There He told the apostles, “Keep praying for strength to be spared from the severe test of your faith that is about to come.”
41 Then He withdrew from them a short distance to be alone. Kneeling down, He prayed, 42 “Father, if You are willing, take this cup of agony away from Me. But no matter what, YOUR Will must be Mine.”
43 Jesus called for an angel of glory to strengthen Him, and the angel appeared. 44 He prayed even more passionately, like one being sacrificed, until He was in such intense agony of spirit that His sweat became drops of blood, dripping onto the ground.
Jesus relinquished His own will to FATHER and then called forth an angel to minister to Him, on His behalf. This angel strengthened Him so that He would not die early in the Garden. Sweating blood is a documented condition known as hematidrosis, sweating blood. Under great emotional stress, tiny capillaries in the sweat glands can break, thus mixing blood with sweat. This process could have marked weakness and possibly shock.
FATHER will dispatch angels to do HIS bidding when we have fully submitted to HIS Will. HE did this when the children of Israel were meant to go into the Promised Land and occupy it. The inhabitants were trespassing on FATHER’S Land and needed to be removed. This is the one piece of land FATHER claimed as HIS own.
It is written by THE SPIRIT in Exodus chapter 23:
20 “Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name is in Him. 22 But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. 23 For My Angel will go before you and bring you in to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off. 24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works; but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars.
25 “So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you. 26 No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.
27 “I will send My fear before you, I will cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. 28 And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you. 29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.
30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land. 31 And I will set your bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the River. For I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you. 32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
As fully mature Sons and Daughters, we will have enemies. Be of good cheer, they will be FATHER’S enemies as well. Yes, we are to Love our enemies but that does not change Truth and supporting Truth. FATHER will deal with our enemies in a righteous manner so we do not need to concern ourselves with their imminent judgment. In some cases, FATHER will remove them from our midst so don’t be surprised. In other cases, they will be converted and become believers. Either way, FATHER will take care of our enemies, not us.
The remnant is and will be made up of those who will completely relinquish their own wills in order to walk according to FATHER’S perfect Will in every area of their life, without exception. They will take land for the Kingdom and not look back. They will drive out the adversary’s inhabitants from the bodies of those who have been imprisoned. The captives shall be set free.