Let Go – God Knows All

What are we holding on to?

The highest form of sacrificial Love is to surrender one’s self. God gave Himself for our sake, and He desires us to do the same for His sake.
“…I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish in order that I may gain Christ…”Phillipians 3:8

The Rich Young Ruler: Luke 18
Give up Everything?

Jesus found the rich young man’s idol. It was so consuming to this young man, that he could not even see how he had tied his very Identity to his wealth and cannot picture himself without it.

Three of the four gospels contain an account of the young man who asked Jesus a very important question: “What shall I do to inherit eternal life?” (Luke 18:18).
A ruler with great wealth, he considered himself a moral man because he had kept God’s commandments.

However, he was operating under the false assumption that good works bring salvation.
* He seemed to be asking Jesus what else he had to do to secure his place in heaven – besides all the good things he’d already accomplished.

This is what I refer to as the “great deception” – the false belief that eternal life can be earned through our own efforts.
If we give credence to this lie, then we do not understand the problem of our sin and how it separates us from God.

Scripture tells us that we have inherited a sinful nature from the first man Adam (Romans 5:12).
Ever since that time, humanity has been in rebellion against the Lord and under His judgment.
* There is nothing we can do to pay for our sin.
If this were the end of the story, we would be a people without hope for today or the future.

BUT the “good news” is that the heavenly Father recognized our plight and mercifully provided the way to heaven (John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.)

When God made us in His image, He created us to live forever. So, though our earthly body will perish, our spirit will never die.
The question about eternal life is important, as we’ll spend eternity either with God in heaven or in an insufferable state, separated permanently from Him (Matthew 25:34 “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,
Vs 41″Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;).

I ask myself: What AM I Chasing?
*Whatever I’m chasing can break the hearts of the people I love and my heart as well.
1-God wants us to chase Him to give us the other things we need.
2-God empowers those who chase after Him.
3-Nothing we chase after can satisfy. ***Only God can satisfy us completely!!
Rest in the Lord and trust in His faithfulness and provision of promises in His Word.
“The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and He knows those who take refuge in Him.”Nahum 1:7

Thank you Jesus, thank you Lord that my sin is forgiven and forgotten,
they are remembered no more, therefore I endeavor to walk righteous and holy before you Lord. I endeavor to speak and do what is right in your eye sight Father. I endeavor to be that living sacrifice, holy and acceptable before you Lord, for it is my reasonable
service. I will live right before you. I will speak right before you. I will seek
your face. I will read and meditate in your word. I will praise and glorify and
honor you dear Lord. I lift up my soul to you today guide my footsteps, set my feet in a right path. Be my shield. Be my protection, I will keep my eyes on you Lord and I will follow you where you lead. I praise and worship you and I honor and adore you and I love you Lord with all my heart. In Jesus name I pray. Amen