Matthew 10:32-33 AMP ~ “Therefore, the one who confesses and acknowledges Me before men [as Lord and Savior, affirming a state of oneness with Me], that one I will also confess and acknowledge before My Father who is in heaven. [33] But the one who denies and rejects Me before men, that one I will also deny and reject before My Father who is in heaven.”
A time is coming in your life when you are going to have to make a choice, to choose God over the people in your life, your mother, father, brothers, sisters, children or anybody else that is close to you, you must even be willing to choose God over your own self, nothing or no one should come before Him!
Life is about who you are trying to please. And when all is done, who do you want to be, will stand up and out for His Glory! I accomplish in life won’t mean anything if those three things don’t happen now and when you meet him face to face. You see, Jesus lived for those things with his Father and was successful: “You are my dearly loved Son, and you bring me great joy” Luke 3:32, Jesus tells us in today’s verses that we can look forward to that same welcoming statement if we confess him before others.
Do you have any friends that are well off and it warms your heart to see them in public and especially when you greet them, and they acknowledge you back? I’m sure you are smiling, showing all of your teeth with pure joy and excitement! But what about your friends who are not living up to your standards, and they don’t measure up, to what you and society deems normal. They have been plaque by the many bad choices that they lived. So, would you even admit that you know them in the presence of your friends? Most likely would avoid them like the plague, and distance yourselves far from them as far possible.
God, He is Lord of all, so that everyone matters, no life and death (and everything else) rest in His hands. And yet, He is the One who has lowered Himself to our level so that He might grant to you the forgiveness of your sins and give you a share in His divine Glory. Will you we acknowledge Him as a close Friend and Brother? God says that you must first count the cost, you have to fully know who you are in Him before the decision needs to be made of who you truly are!
And if you wait to decide who you are when you are forced to make a choice to choose Him because of your social status or whatever you are going through, you will most likely fall to the temptation to deny Him. But if you have determined in your heart that you are going to follow God no matter what before you ever need to make the choice, you will succeed! Choose wisely, choose God while you still have a chance!
Let’s Pray:
Father I Thank You for firmly planting me in Your Word. I am grounded and rooted in You, I believe in the truth of Your transforming Power and the Anointing that You have put on the inside of me. I know who I am in you and I Thank You, I will not waiver, I’m standing on Your promises and I’m not ashamed or scared to tell anyone who I serve and why. God, You are my Father and I’m Your child in Father. Righteous God, and Almighty Savior, I believe Jesus of Nazareth was your Son, come in human flesh, and is both Christ and Lord. Give me the strength not only to confess that before all who ask but also to live in such a way that they ask me about my hope and my confidence and my salvation. In the Name of Jesus Christ Mighty Name. Amen!
Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean
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