Reading: Luke 19:11-27

I like my independence. I like to run my own life. I like to make my own decisions. I like to do my own thing. I like to pursue my own interests.

But I don’t want to be in this group:

“But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me” (27).

I want Jesus to rule me. I want Him to reign as king in my life.

I yield my independence to Him.

Jesus is Lord. I want to be His disciple. Faithfully occupied in His interests and doing His “thing” as long as I’m here.

I say, “Yes! Lord!”

from Luke 19:13

A little bit more from Luke 19: He Occupied Faithfully

Reading: Luke 19:1-10

“And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho” (1).

What does that have to do with a panting hart? How does it fit in a devotional journal?

I read that and the concept seized my thoughts and gripped by heart. He entered. He passed through.

I know that verse is a statement of something that happened. I know it doesn’t “fit” as a Truth Teaching verse. But look again at that warning hidden in plain sight!

May those first five words not describe my relationship with Jesus!

I want Him to enter to stay!

I must keep my heart solely for Him. Or He will leave.

I must allow Him alone to make my life His home. Or He will leave.

I must yield anything and everything to Him. Or He will leave.

And Jesus entered and passed through Mark.

No!

from Luke 19:3

A little bit more from Luke 19: Do I Welcome Jesus?