You have a choice in life, with only two options: will you serve God’s will or your own will? To many people the latter sounds far more enticing because they cannot see how obedience to God makes a person free. But consider who is the better taskmaster, you or God? If you choose to serve your own desires, you will have chosen a cruel and unyielding taskmaster who will work you to death without rest or reprieve for the rest of your life. Human desire is an irrational tyrant that will never give you satisfaction. Our desires often pursue many things all at once that are nevertheless in contradiction to one another. Believe me, if you yield to your own tyrannous desires, you will tear yourself apart trying to keep up with your own incessant demands. This master seems inviting at first but the more you serve him the worse he becomes. Most people can bear witness to the cruelty of this master and have many scars from his whip. Do you really want to serve this master? I advise that you turn away from your own desires and serve the desires of a master who loves you and who desires above all that you be blessed. Serve the master who says, “Take up my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:29-30)
Think about where you need to begin to deny your own will in favour of God’s will.
Read Romans 6:15-23 again
