So
You Cannot
Become
My Disciple
Without
Giving Up Everything You Own.
Scripture
Luke
14
33 So
you cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own.
Observation
Salvation
is a free gift. It can't be earned. You and I can't do enough good
things to get into Heaven through our own good works.
And
even though salvation is free to all of us who say, “yes” to
Jesus, there is a high cost of following Him. Jesus said, “If
you want to be my disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone
else—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and
sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my
disciple. And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you
cannot be my disciple... you cannot become my disciple without giving
up everything you own.”
I
heard a statement yesterday from Pastor Bruce Moore that I haven't
been able to stop thinking about. Pastor Bruce said yesterday in his
message, “In a relationship, someone can't have a high view of
their partner, they cannot highly value him or her, if they do not
have a high view of God, if that person doesn't highly value God.
And
the sad truth is the same person will not have a high view of
themselves either if they don't have a high view of God.
If
you and I don't have a high view of the Creator, then we will not
have a high view of the things that He has created.
Think
about the relationship that you are in right now – does your
partner highly value God? … Do you highly value God? No wonder he
or she treats you the way they do.
No
wonder you are in a mess!
In
a relationship, for it to work the way God intended, we have to get
the vertical relationship with God right first, before any horizontal
relationship will work like it is supposed to!
Which
brings me back to Luke 14 and our relationship with Jesus Christ, are
we putting Him first? Do we have a high view of God? Do we highly
value Him?
Application
I
will make sure that Jesus stays number One in my life.
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I know that if I don't have the right view of You then there
is no way that the relationships in my life are going to be right.
Help me to put You first, Kathy second, and everybody and everything
else third. I know that I don't own anything. I know that You own
everything. Help me to be a good steward of what You allow me to use
while I am here on this earth.
Daily
Bible Reading: Zechariah 10,11,12; Psalms 126; Luke 14
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