HAVE WE SURRENDERED ALL

“So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.”

Luke 14:33 KJV

When Jesus came to earth on the mission God had given Him, He left His Father, His home and all that He had because He loves His Father and wanted to be obedient to Him.  What about us?  Have we surrendered all that we have to serve Jesus?  Are we willing to serve Him?

If we want to serve Jesus, we will have to shut off the television and get out of our comfort zone.  Someone asked “Is it okay to watch television?”  If we wouldn’t be comfortable watching the show with Jesus sitting next to us, we should not watch it.  The Bible makes this very clear.

We read in the Bible.  “Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God” (1 John 3:21).  We shouldn’t go anywhere we don’t want Jesus to go with us or do anything that would hurt Him.  Jesus has been hurt enough.  He won’t ever have to die again but He is still being rejected.

If watching television comes before serving Jesus or anything else comes before serving Him, we are too busy and we need to rearrange our schedule.  Jesus should be first in our heart, in our life and in our time and in everything we do.  Does Jesus come first in your life, in your time and in your heart?

If Jesus isn’t first in our heart, in our life and in our time, we need to repent, tell God we’re sorry, ask Him to forgive us and stop hurting Jesus.  Jesus loves us very much.

Joanne Lowe

January 17, 2016