06/02/2024
Self over Christ?
We've all had days when we feel like disappearing when your alarm goes off in the morning. The thought of going to school or work feels like such a drag. If it were up to you, you'd just stay in bed, Netflix and chill. Because we recognize the consequences of not going to work or school, we drag ourselves out of bed and go about our day. You also ensure that you arrive on time...
However, we sometimes fail to apply the same urgency when it comes to our walk with the Lord. We're unbothered when we arrive late to church, we don't see the need to report when you won't be attending a service and we don't even flinch when a week goes by without even praying. Everything has become about what is convenient for us.
The fact that we value our work, school and other areas of our lives more than the Lord, shows where our hearts truly lie. Matthew 6:21 KJV
[21] for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
If it's going to cost you your sleep, you don't want it. If it's going to cost you your time and money, you don't want it. We have made Christianity all about convenience. We have chosen self over Christ.
2 Timothy 3:2 KJV
[2] For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
"For men shall be lovers of their own selves..."
This is made evidence in our pursuit of the Lord's hand and not His heart.
Be disciplined when it comes to your prayer life. Don't compromise or choose to do what is convenient for you. Attend those services. Dive into the Word. Choose Him because in doing so, you are choosing life.
May the Lord strengthen us and help us become more intentional in our walk with Him. May we live a life of total surrender and have His Word as the governing authority in our lives. May He help us to die to self daily, so that we can take up His cross, and follow Him.
May it always be: Christ over self.
God bless you