Daily Devotions

Another part of the Covenant prayer and probably  the most daunting is, “Put me to what you will, rank me with whom you will; put me to doing, put me to suffering;

let me be employed for you, or laid aside for you, exalted for you, or brought low for you; let me be full, let me be empty, let me have all things, let me have nothing:

It was the great Baptist preacher who advised his congregation to “Settle this in your heart: Whether I am up or down, the Lord Jesus is the same. Whether I sing or sigh, the promise is true and the Promiser is faithful. Whether I stand on the summit or am hidden in the vale the covenant stands fast and everlasting love abides.”

Paul Washer another preacher and evangelist had a seminary student who sent him a message. The student was afraid that he was too bad to enter the ministry. He sent him a message that simply said, "I think I am too wicked to be in the ministry." And Paul Washer wrote him back and said, "You are right. In fact, you don't know how wicked you are.”

The young man replied, "Thanks a lot.”

Then Washer replied, "Friend, your heart is for the Lord, and your life is lived in service to him. Your level of sanctification and commitment puts me to shame at times. But I am happy and you are not. Do you know why? Because I have chosen to trust in Christ, and you are still, in part, trying to trust in yourself.”

The problem most followers of Jesus have with assurance of salvation is that they have not reached the place where they can stop trusting themselves and start trusting Christ.

The writer of Proverbs puts it so simply yet so profoundly, “Place your trust in the Eternal; rely on Him completely; never depend upon your own ideas and inventions. Give Him the credit for everything you accomplish, and He will smooth out and straighten the road that lies ahead.” (The Voice Version Proverbs 3:5-6)

Loving Father, I want to commit all my ways to You and trust implicitly in Your Word. I know that You have a plan for my life which I can hinder when I seek to do things my way. Keep me ever looking to Jesus, in Whose name I pray, AMEN.