"Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's." (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
TODAY'S WORD , Samuel Rutherford said, "The cross of Christ is the sweetest burden that I ever bore. It is a burden to me such as wings are to a bird or sails are to a ship to carry me forward to my harbor."
Rutherford discovered what we can know as well: When you really die to yourself, you find yourself. When you lay aside your personal goals, desires, and ambitions, that is when God will reveal the desires, ambitions, and goals that He has for you.
Until we are willing to say, "Not my will, but Yours be done," we are not His disciples. Until we recognize that everything we have belongs to Jesus, we are not His disciples. And we are not living the Christian life as it was meant to be lived. We have to decide who will occupy the throne of our lives.
If we are His disciples, then we will realize that all we have is under the ownership of Jesus, because we are under the ownership of Jesus. We need to be able to say, "Lord, all that I have is Yours. If You want to make any changes, then I am willing, Lord. If You want to redirect me, I will be obedient, because I want to be Your disciple."
Jesus wants to be on the throne of our lives, but He will not compete with someone or something else. So will we truly be His disciples? May God help us to do that.
A PRAYER FOR YOU TODAY Almighty God, who has given me life and breath, and another day: I do not know what this day might bring. For men make plans, and their plans come to naught, as you will it. Thus I take this day out of my hands and submit it to your will. Make me this day your servant, that I might find my hand at the tasks you have meant for me to do, and might do them as well as I can. For there is nothing better than a person should rejoice in his work, to your glory and for the love of his neighbors, as you have commanded us through your Son. In His name, I pray, let my day be yours, and let it be filled with goodness and faith, Amen. |
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