Daily Devotion

 With Pastor Ancel Presnell

“REMOVE THE STUMBLINGBLOCKS”

The Lord Jesus takes back-seat to no one or nothing. Let’s be honest, we all put Christ second, third, fourth, and so forth on our list of priority sometimes. Do we always choose prayer over play? Do we always choose Church over leisure? Do we choose His word over worldly entertainment? We fail Him daily. I am so grateful for His grace and mercy!

Christ is very one-sided when it comes to His placement in our relationships. We should love our family; God is the very one who has blessed us with our family. However, we should never love or place higher value on any relationship higher than our love and relationship with Christ!

Jesus spells it out very clearly for us in Matthew’s gospel. Christ said that if we love our father or mother more than Him, or if we love our children more than Him, we are not worthy of Him! The imagery that Christ is painting for us is the picture of the person who chooses someone else over Him and what He has to offer. Noone can give to us what Christ can. No relationship with anyone can give us the purpose that Christ can.

Love your children. Love your parents, and love your spouse, but if it comes down to choosing any of them over Christ, we had better go with Christ every time. Christ even warned that our faith in Him may even cause enemies to rise in our own home. A life consecrated to Christ is a life that is living with purpose and resting on the foundation of truth. Jesus is one-sided, He is a jealous Savior and He will play second-fiddle to no one.

Matthew 10:36, 37—” ³⁶ And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. ³⁷ He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.”