In this first part of the my communion time, the Holy Spirit taught about the importance of us surrendering our will to the Lord, by revealing how His power is released on our behalf when we willingly choose His will above our own.

The Holy Spirit then began by highlighting one of the greatest privileges the Lord has given humanity which is the freedom of choice. Unlike the rest of creation, human beings alone have been given a free will, thus enabling us to make decisions that shape the course and outcome of our lives.

So the choices we make determine the direction we follow and the fruit we ultimately experience. The Lord, in His goodness, has already provided every piece of wisdom, counsel, understanding and instruction that is necessary for us to choose rightly and walk in the path that brings life, blessing, and profit. Yet although He faithfully reveals the right way, He does not make our decisions for us. Proverbs 14:12.

The Holy Spirit emphasised the fact that the Lord will never remove our responsibility to choose the path we want. He lovingly advises us and continually points us toward the best path, but the final decision always rests with us.

Scripture demonstrates this principle in the blessings and consequences set before God’s people in Israel, showing that our response to His Word determines the outcome we experience. Deuteronomy 28:1–2, 15.

This message acknowledges the reality that people often become frustrated with the responsibility of expressing free will, especially when they begin to experience the painful consequences of poor decisions. It is always very easy to blame God, by wishing that He had simply forced our obedience instead of allowing us to choose. However, the Holy Spirit explains that the Lord created humanity in His own image and likeness, which includes the capacity to exercise our own will.

So because the Lord Himself possesses a will, He created mankind with the dignity and responsibility of making genuine choices. The Lord never violates our will because He desires a relationship built upon our voluntary love, willing obedience, and genuine devotion to Him rather than obedience based on compulsion or coercion. The Lord wants His children to choose Him freely from their own hearts having looked at the facts comprehensively.

The Holy Spirit then pointed to the perfect example in the life of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. As recorded in Luke 22:39–45, Matthew 26:36–46, and Mark 14:32–42, Jesus experienced the profound conflict between His own human desire and the Father’s will.

He honestly presented His request before the Father, asking whether there was another way to accomplish humanity’s salvation without enduring the suffering of the cross. Yet after receiving the Father’s answer, Jesus willingly surrendered His own preference and declared, “Nevertheless, Your will be done.”

This word emphasises the fact that it was only after Jesus made the deliberate choice to embrace the Father’s will that the necessary supernatural strength was released to sustain Him. Angelic assistance was sent, empowering Him to continue praying with even greater intensity until His sweat became like drops of blood. Heaven’s help accompanied His surrendered will, enabling Him to accomplish the Father’s purpose despite the immense cost.

The Holy Spirit concluded this discourse with an assurance to us as Jesus’s followers that the same principle applies for our lives today. When we willingly choose the Lord’s will above our own, He does not leave us alone to fulfil it in our own strength.

Instead, He supplies all the supernatural grace, strength, wisdom, and heavenly assistance we need to carry us through every challenge that arises until His purposes are accomplished. The responsibility is ours to choose Him, but once that surrender of our heart is made to Him, all of heaven stands ready to support the fulfilment of the Lord’s plan for our lives.

I declare in the name of Jesus that your heart will willingly choose the perfect will of the Father above every competing desire in you. May the Holy Spirit fill you with all wisdom to discern the right path which leads to life and profit, and may you reject every way that seems right in your own eyes but leads away from the Lord’s purposes to death ravines. (Proverbs 14:12).

As you choose on purpose to obey the Lord, may the blessings of covenant obedience rest upon your life according to Deuteronomy 28:1–2, and may every wrong path be forsaken through His grace working in you. Just as Jesus surrendered to the Father’s will in Luke 22:39–45, Matthew 26:36–46, and Mark 14:32–42, may you receive supernatural strength, divine grace, and heavenly assistance to accomplish everything the Lord has appointed for you to do on earth.

I declare that you will not walk alone and as you surrender your will to the Lord, heaven will support you, the Holy Spirit will empower you, and the Lord’s purposes will be fulfilled through your life. May your obedience to the voice of the Holy Spirit unlock fresh manifestations of His power, favour, and victory for you, and may His perfect will be established in every area of your life for His glory, in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.