Text:
Mark 1:17-18 (NLT)
17 Jesus called out to them, "Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!"
18 And they left their nets at once and followed him.
Observation:
When is the last time you heard God speak to you? What was your response?
A question that grips my soul is this, "What Shall I Give to God?" Really, what do I have that He would desire? Here is the only thing I know that I have that I could give Him, and it would surely please Him.
Romans 12:1 (NLT)
1 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.
Why would I hold on to all of me, and get what I can do? What would be the profit of that? The result would be what I could do. But, if I give all of me to Him, He will give me all of Him. The result of that transaction would be that I would be able to give back to Him and to others, what God can do.
Mark 10:45 (NLT)
45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Luke 14:33 (NLT)
33 So you cannot become my disciple without giving up everything you own.
There is no investment you can make; short term or long term, that will render more of a return than giving all you to the Lord. Think about this; all of me in exchange for all of God.
Prayer:
Father, hallowed be Your name. Father, Your love for us, and Your grace and mercy to us is so amazing to believe, and see, when we fix our eyes of faith upon You. Father, give us a faith that will not doubt or wander aimlessly without hope.
Father, I ask that You would tune our hearts, by the office work of the Holy Spirit, to be able to sing this song to You as our response to Your invitation to come to You.
"All to Jesus I surrender,
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live."
Father, receive our gift that we willingly give to You. In the mighty name of Jesus we pray, Amen.
Ephesians 6:10-11 (ESV)
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
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