The Father’s will

By: Alistair Begg – October 14, 2026.

Key points

• Every moment of His life, whether He was being tempted by Satan or experiencing agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus knew and remembered His purpose.
• Huntington Bank investing over $40 million to modernize Tupelo operations center, regional headquarters.
• 13 Mizzou, QB Simmons and WR Lee ready to face former teammates at No.
• When Jesus was twelve, His parents discovered Him conversing in the temple with the religious leaders and teachers.
• Alistair Begg has been in pastoral ministry since 1975.

Then I remarked, "Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book." – Hebrews 10: 7.

When parents and grandparents coo over a newborn member of their family, they often share hopes and intends for what this little girl will accomplish or who this little boy might become. It would be quite remarkable, nevertheless, if young children were to declare their own intentions and purposes in life. Yet this is one more way in which Christ is unique: He did enter the world declaring, "I have come to do your will, O God."

When Jesus was twelve, His parents discovered Him conversing in the temple with the religious leaders and teachers. Mary and Joseph had been looking for Him for three days without thinking to look there, and were baffled; but He replied, "Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?" (Luke 2: 49). He understood His express purpose from His earliest days.

What was the will of the Father that Christ came to accomplish? The Bible tells us that in sending Jesus, God offered His residents the one who would satisfy all the law's demands through full submission and who would then suffer the penalty of sin to set men and women free from its bondage. The coming of the Savior had been planned from all of eternity and promised through all of the Old Testament, the "scroll of the book." Jesus-who entered the world as a baby in a manger-is the particularly fulfillment of our salvation.

Every moment of His life, whether He was being tempted by Satan or experiencing agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus knew and remembered His purpose. He understood that He was there according to the Father's will. Though He pleaded for His cup of suffering to pass, He submitted to the Father in perfect obedience. As any human would have been, He was tempted to shrink from the Father's will, yet still He prayed, "Nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will" (Matthew 26: 39-46).

Jesus was not vague concerning the reason for His arrival-and since He lived according to the Father's will, we will join Him in eternity, rejoicing in all He accomplished on our behalf.

Not the labor of my hands Can fulfill Thy law's demands; Could my zeal no respite know, Could my tears forever flow, All for sin could not atone; Thou must save, and Thou alone. Regarding the Author(s).

Alistair Begg has been in pastoral ministry since 1975. After graduation from The London School of Theology, he served eight years in Scotland at both Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh and Hamilton Baptist Church. In 1983, he became the senior pastor at Parkside Church near Cleveland, Ohio. He has written a number of books and is heard daily and weekly on the radio program, Truth For Life. His Daily Devotionals are presented here via a syndication agreement. Faith Alistair Begg October 12, 2026. Justice, kindness, and humility.

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In short, the Father’ s will is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.