'The
rich young ruler had the controlling passion to be perfect. When he saw Jesus
Christ, he wanted to be like Him. Our Lord never places anyone’s personal
holiness above everything else when He calls a disciple. Jesus’ primary
consideration is my absolute annihilation of my right to myself and my
identification with Him, which means having a relationship with Him in which
there are no other relationships. Luke 14:26 has
nothing to do with salvation or sanctification, but deals solely with
unconditional identification with Jesus Christ. Very few of us truly know what
is meant by the absolute “go” of unconditional identification with, and abandonment
and surrender to, Jesus.' CHAMBERS
Ok, so here we go again .... Laying all
down .... it seems to be a recurring theme, doesn't it? One thing I know,
If The Lord says is once, it is important. If He says it more than once
... well you can guess, can't ya?
It is hard to give it all up. Oh
we can give a lot, but many times there is something that we have tucked away
... a plan B if you will. With God there is only one plan .. His ... The
Bible is replete with stories about people who wanted to have a plan B .. As if
they knew better than God ... when and if we were asked that question, our
response would be .. No way ... we will trust God .. but if we are honest ..
there is something that we want to hang on to. That perhaps we don't even
realize that we have hidden. Jesus says .. lay it down.
Maybe it's a retirement fund, a house
that you want to live in one day, a job that you can go back to (if this does
not work out) or maybe some things that you have in boxes that mean a lot to
you. And God is saying let them go. He is not looking at the
things you cherish, but your heart.
Do you remember the story about Lot's
wife? What was she thinking about when she looked back on those cities?
Was she remembering the children who stayed, the home she abandoned?
Her friends .. her dreams? We won't ever know, but whatever it was,
it was a fatal attraction ....
Give it all to the Lord ... don't look
back ... give it all to Him and He will direct your path ... and where He
guides He provides .....
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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