Give it all to Jesus.
Luke 22:24-34
24 A dispute also arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest. 25 Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. 26 But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. 27 For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves. 28 You are those who have stood by me in my trials. 29 And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me, 30 so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
33 But he replied, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.”
34 Jesus answered, “I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.”
To serve. Simply to serve. That is the teaching of Jesus. If we don’t, then this world will grab us. We will have conformed. We will fall.
But Jesus says, if we serve we will be served when it matters. I know, I know, this world is beautiful, after all God made it. It presses us to go for more. So much that it overflows from our cups. Then we throw it away when we should be giving away.
Imagine a world that says that, “I would rather throw this away than to give it someone who needs it.” That is the American way, or so it seems. Perhaps it’s just the human condition. Whatever it is, I am not saying that is what you are doing.
Bott line…if you say Yes to something, you are saying No to something else. Say yes to Jesus, then watch this world change before your eyes.
Amen.
DK
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