Daily Decisions
The following is from a great devotional called Connect2God by Curt Cloninger.
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<ME> Jesus, I have decided to follow U. I really have, but….
<JESUS> But what?
<ME> Well, I’m always taking it back. I do things that I don’t want to do. I wind up following my own plans instead of doing it Your way. What’s wrong?
<JESUS> Think about it like this — every time you come back from your regular checkup at the dentist, you “decide” you are going to floss your teeth every day. But that decision is just the beginning. You still have to wake up every day and actually floss your teeth!
It’s not enough to say once and for all, “Jesus, have Your way in my life.” You have got to choose the higher life every day in the small decisions you make. It is like a diet. You can decide one day, “I’m going to lose twenty pounds,” but you aren’t going to lose twenty pounds in a single day. Each day of your diet, you have to decide, “I’m going to stay on my diet today,” and then you have to choose to eat the right things. Deciding once and for all is a necessary first step, but if that is all you do, you will never lose the twenty pounds.
The same goes for following Me. I have given you control over your own life. You can hand that control back over to Me in trust and obedience, or you can keep that control and do things your own way. At any time today, you can choose not to obey Me. The battle for who’s in charge of your life is a constant, 24×7 battle. It is always on. That is why every day (and several times during the day) you need to pray, “Lord, be in control of my life. Today is Your day.” The more you do that, the easier it gets to trust Me. Hang in there, moment by moment, day by day and I will lead you into a great life.
Your Leader,
Jesus
LUKE 9:23 “If people want to follow me, they must give up the things they want. They must be willing to give up their lives daily to follow me.”