The Will Of The One Who Sent Us

 This passage struck me this morning...

"Jesus answered them and said, 'My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or [whether] I speak on My own [authority]. He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.' " - John 7:16-18 NKJV

"So Jesus answered them, 'My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. If anyone's will is to do God's (His) will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.' " - John 7:16-18 ESV

Jesus is saying that a person who wants to do God's will is going to perceive things differently. That is one quality a second quality is seeking 'the glory of him who sent him'. That has a slightly different flavor.

We don't have to know what we are going to do or even how we are going to accomplish tasks today. We can just have this mindset. We can desire to do His will (live in freedom, apply mercy, function in grace, praise Him in all things, spread the good news, function in integrity, etc...) and that is foundational. Then we can formulate those other things. It is our starting point. We can seek the glory (revealing) of the one who sent us first. 

If we are sending ourselves then we will be selling ourselves but if we are Heaven sent we can reveal Heaven on Earth. Good behavior is not what reveals the righteousness that has been put on our account. According to this passage, revealing the invisible God is what reveals the righteousness given by God.

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