Rock Solid Guarantee

‘So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say?’ Luke 6:46

Over the past few devotionals we have highlighted the benefits of having God on your side. However the converse is also the case. If you do not have God on your side things will be withheld from you. There will be no assurances. You may get the rain that falls on the just and the unjust. At best you may get some mercy drops but there will be no assurance of the delivery of God’s promises for you. If God is not on your side, accusation will stand against you. You will be written off or wiped away by the storms eventually. You need to guarantee God on your side. Two ways of guaranteeing God on your side are – Accept Christ and Follow Him. Accepting Jesus is dethroning yourself and enthroning Him. Accepting Jesus is a choice to let go of your independence. ‘This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!’ 2 Cor.5:17. It’s a choice to forsake the old and hold on to the new life in Jesus Christ. You cannot claim to have accepted Jesus Christ and you are still heading in a different direction from Him. ‘No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and…’ [yourself] Matthew 6:24. If you are still running your own agenda, you are missing out on God being on your side. ‘So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say?’ Luke 6:46. God sees your heart, paying lip service is deceiving yourself. You have to follow Jesus. Following Jesus is a choice to live a life of sacrifice. ‘Then he said to the crowd, If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me’ Luke 9:23. Following Jesus is a daily affair. You have to consciously align with God and His purposes daily. ‘Can two people walk together without agreeing on the direction?’ Amos 3:3. Jesus is the Way. Except you go His way, you are walking alone. God is the only rock solid guarantee that any Christian has.

Prayer [song]: Jesus, [I] enthrone you [I] proclaim you are King standing here, in the midst of all [I] raise you high with [my] praise and as [I] worship build Your throne…