Monday, November 10, 2008

JESUS CALLS US TO HAVE NO PLAN "B"

I heard a line recently which reasonated with me when it comes to our relationship with JESUS......there is no real authentic justification for the line : THIS BELONGS TO JESUS ....& THIS BELONGS TO ME! If JESUS is LORD then His Biblical command is that He is to be truely LORD of ALL or not at all.
If you read JAMES 1: 6-7(Msg) it says a very powerful theme:''Don't think you're going to get anything from the Master ..adrift at sea, (note) KEEPING ALL YOUR OPTIONS OPEN."WOW!
I meet so many people who pray for a vision , a confirmation of JESUS' perfect will & when they receive it .....there is a response like : "Lord , do you have a plan "B"?
Dear friends JESUS doesn't have a plan "B", He certainly didn't when He came to this world as a baby, He certainly did not have a plan "B" when it came to being persecuted , hated , lied about when He performed great miracles ... & He most definately did not have any other plan "B",''C'', "D", ......"Z''when it came to dying a cruel death on the CROSS, for your sin & mine. So please do not be offensive to GOD & JESUS' call on your life by blandly , seeking a mediocre committment to His plan for your life ........please don't get seduced into thinking that this is good enough.Either JESUS IS LORD or He IS NOT! But for Jesus' sake & your own , even a lost world's sake get with it and go for the real benchmark of Discipleship : MARK 8:34-38(Msg)''CALLING THE CROWD TO JOIN HIS DISCIPLES , JESUS SAID,''ANYONE WHO INTENDS TO COME WITH ME HAS TO LET ME LEAD . YOU'RE NOT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT : I AM (JESUS). DON'T RUN FROM SUFFERING;EMBRACE IT. FOLLOW ME & I'LL SHOW YOU HOW. SELF -HELP IS NO HELP AT ALL.SELF-SACRIFICE IS THE WAY ,MY WAY ,TO SAVING YOURSELF,YOUR TRUE SELF. WHAT GOOD WOULD IT DO TO GET EVERYTHING YOU WANT & LOSE YOU, THE REAL YOU?WHAT COULD YOU EVER TRADE YOUR SOUL FOR?"
No plan " B" friends not now , not ever .....JESUS says it , I believe it & for me that just about settles it. ....!
Praying for you all today .
P.S.The Training College experience ....to train as an OFFICER in The SalvationArmy is actually a "GREAT EXPERIENCE"not at all an "incarceration experience " as someone has suggested in a recent " On Fire' article .

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