Day 5 – Written by Pastor Jake Oslack
Biblical Example: The Disciple (Luke 18)
Prayer Focus: Your Faith
“18 A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 19 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. 20 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’” 21 “All these I have kept since I was a boy,” he said. 22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” 23 When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was very wealthy.”
“28 Peter said to him, “We have left all we had to follow you!” 29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God 30 will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come eternal life”
It’s so easy to look at verses 18-30 of this passage and tell ourselves that we would respond like Peter rather than like the rich ruler.
However, the truth is that, as humans, we can have the tendency to withhold things from God. It takes faith to leave everything behind and follow Jesus like Peter did, but Peter counted the costs and he found Jesus worthy of it all. Peter and the other disciples said “Ok, I’m In” to God when they chose to live their faith as an action (and not just with their speech).
As we spend time in His presence today, let’s first reflect on the faithfulness of God. Let’s remember His promises that He is with us and He is for us, and that He is worthy of our total surrender (not just a partial surrender, or whatever watered down version of surrender we’ve fooled ourselves into thinking is acceptable).
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