Reckless Abandon

Our Lord Jesus showed reckless abandon to do the will of the Father during his time on this earth. His was a life of obedience. His obedience was his life blood. Hear him say this in John 4:34 - "My food, is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.” He would not do anything on his own (John5:19 “"I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself ;”). He would not take one step out of the Father’s plan. Even when they wanted to make him the King, he would walk away. He would not give in to satan’s temptation to gain the crown without the cross in the desert at the inception of his ministry (Mt4:9) and also throughout his ministry at various times (Mt12:38, Jn6:15). He would resist that same temptation even when his closest friend Peter would suggest it (Mk8:32) and would not fall into it even at the cross (Mk15:31). At Gethsemane he would pray “yet not my will but yours” even when it meant he would be led to his execution carrying a heavy cross. “(Jesus) became obedient to death— even death on a cross” (Phil2:8). Recklessly abandoned to do the will of God.

Alfred Tennyson in his poem ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ talks of soldiers who would not disobey the command to charge despite knowing that the command was a big blunder and it would eventually cost them their lives. The lines go thus – “Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die…”; Yes, ours is to follow and His is to lead. Ours in not to ask “why”, and ours is not to look for reason. Ours is to do and if it requires, die. Our Lord while he was on the earth showed us what it is to be recklessly abandoned to the will of God. And we his servants should follow suit.