Will you?

Above the strains of constant worship, the voice of the Father could be heard as He talked with Jesus.  “Are you prepared to lose your status, for they will say you are just a carpenters son?  Are you ready to have no place to call your own, for you will have nowhere to lay your head?  Men will say with scorn “We don’t know who his father is”

You know you will lose all independence and need others to minister to you from their substance.  You will become the servant of all, and you will do and know only what I show you?

Are you prepared to be rejected by the people we love and for the monstrous injustice of being falsely accused and then suffering for the guilty? Are you ready to be forsaken as you become sin for them on a cross?

Then the heavenly harmonies seemed to quiet to a soft murmur as if every angel strained to hear the reply of Jesus. “I will.”  For the second time the words “I will” were heard in heaven.  Not "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above to be like the Most High.”  But “I will descend to earth; I will give up the throne to become like a man.”  The heavenly worship increased as they understood the magnitude of the plan and the magnificence of His love for men.

Friend, the son of God became a mere man that mere men may become the sons of God. He chose the Father’s will, to become a Saviour and make possible our inclusion in God’s family. We choose the Father’s will to trust in the Saviour and be born into that family. Fathers will or our will, determines our destiny still.