A Covenant People

 ….. put me to doing, 

Again we need to be reminded of Jesus’ statement in John 5 that He does whatever he sees the Father doing. But we must also be reminded of yesterday’s daily reading from Luke 9: “If anyone wants to be My disciple, He must deny himself, take up his cross daily and follow Me.” (v.23)

This is the heart of Christian Discipleship … to follow in the footsteps of Jesus … to DO what we sense Jesus is wanting to DO through us! It is not just asking that classic question: “What would Jesus do?” but actually going deeper and asking, “What does Jesus want to do through me right here and right now?”

Remember Christ lives in His disciples by His Spirit … and if Jesus is going to be active in today’s world it will primarily be through us, His disciples.

Have you ever thought that perhaps this is what Jesus was on about when He said in John 14:12 “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works.”

Our Covenant commitment to Jesus is that we will keep our eyes and ears open to sense what He is wanting to do in the world around us … to sense how He wants to accomplish that through us … and then to actively DO what we know He is calling us to do.

Christianity is a profoundly ACTIVE faith … a faith in which we LIVE out the presence of the Spirit of Christ who is in us. We make HIM MANIFEST to the world around us through our daily lives and interactions with others.

Heavenly Father,

I present my life to You today as a living sacrifice.

Because You gave Your Son for me, I give myself fully to You.

This is my reasonable service.

I lay my dreams and desires at Your feet

and ask that Your will be done in my life.

Use my mortal hands to build Your eternal kingdom.

Use my life to propel Your purposes forward.

In Jesus’ name, amen.