We begin to explore the eight “I wills” of Christ because everything He has promised to do He is not only able and willing to accomplish; He is going to do it. There isn’t any passage in scripture in which He says ” I will” do this, or “I will” do that, but it will be done. Isn’t this the whole reason for prayers, that we get answers? Then we better know His will!

The first “I will” occurs in Matthew 11:28. Now what is it that man wants more than rest? What is it that the world is in pursuit of? What are all the men in your capital cities seeking after if it isn’t rest? What do business men toil for, if it isn’t for rest? Why do men spend their lives in hunting for wealth, if it is not for rest? But my friends, that is not the way to get rest. A man cannot find it in wealth; he cannot find it in pleasure. Take the pleasure-seekers of Lekki-Ikoyi axis and ask them if they have rest. They are like the waves of the sea, perpetually troubled. My friends, the men who are away from God never know what rest is. You can see this in their faces, in the wrinkles of their brow. They don’t know what rest is but Christ said “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
 
It isn’t in the market for sale. How many men in Lagos would not gladly go up to the Stock Exchange on Monday morning, and give thousands for it, if it was for sale? They would give millions of Naira for it, if they could buy it. But it ain’t for sale. If you get it, you must take it as a gift from Him who came from heaven to give it. The moment a man is willing to take it as a gift, it is his. There is one thing I notice: that a man goes in every direction, seeks every means, tries every person for rest, before he comes to the true source. Men will try to get rest in the world; try to find honor in pleasure, in politics; but won’t get it. You can’t find one of these politicians who knows what rest is; you cannot find one of those business men who knows what rest is, unless he has Christ.
 
Ask any man who is after the things of the world if he really knows what rest is, and he will answer you, “No.” but if you come to Christ, he tells you: “I will” give it. What an ” I will.” He meant it; and if you want rest, go tell Him you are weary and your soul is seeking rest, and He will give it. He will give it without price. Take it. In Him is your help and in Him will you find rest. If there is a poor, mangled one here, come to Christ now and confess to him. Come to Christ and He will take your burden away and put it on His back, and He will give that weary soul rest. Now just test it tonight. Let everyone who is weary and heavy-laden come to Him and ask for this is His will. Selah. *Culled from The I Wills of Christ by D. L. Moody

Pastor Afolabi Oladele