DEVO 06.03.26

DEVO. 06.03.26

“Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”” (‭‭Mark‬ ‭10‬:‭27‬ ‭NIV‬‬)

- ALL THINGS, Not “Some things”!’

- This was Jesus’ response when the disciples asked him “who in the world can be saved?”

- The disciples were looking at things through human eyes and an earthly perspective but Jesus was teaching them to look with their spiritual eyes.

- A man came up to Jesus asking Him “ what must I do to be saved?”

- The man’s commitment may shock you because his obedience to Gods law looks better than most of ours.

- He had obeyed all of the commandments.

- He was a good person.

- But the man had one problem.

- He had great wealth.

- The problem was not that he had great wealth, but that his wealth had him.

- His trust in his wealth made it hard for him to trust in Jesus

- He could rely and trust on his wealth.

- It probably had taken him a lot of hard work to build that wealth

- He may have sacrificed a lot to obtain that wealth.

- Wealth was his security.

- He had provision, but he did not have eternal provision

- He had comfort but He did not know the Comforter!

- Could he release all that he possessed in order to possess the one thing he truly needed?

- Unfortunately, verse 22 says, “the man’s face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions.”

- He said “No” to Jesus.

- He couldn’t let go of what He had in order to grab ahold of what he needed more than anything else.

- The one thing I noticed in Uganda was that they have very little! ‭

- They don’t have great houses, cars, iPhones or money.

- But they have one thing that we need!

- True Joy!

- You can see it in their eyes!

- They have Jesus and that’s all that they need.

- They know what it means to say, “My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” (Philippians‬ ‭4‬:‭19‬)

- I’m not telling you to be poor. That’s not the answer.

- The answer is Jesus!

- Does He have your heart or has your own self reliance and trust blurred that?

- Can you trust Jesus with everything?

- If you lost all of your “Things” would you still trust and rely on Jesus?

- Could you let go of everything and walk away with Jesus?

- It is possible!

- Jesus says “All things are possible”

- Today, make a fresh commitment to Jesus!

- Lose the control you have over your life and let the Spirit of God have control over you!

- Have a great Wednesday!