Matthew 26:40b
"What, could ye not watch with me one hour?"
That same question, Jesus' ask Peter can be applied to each of us today. For that is about all some of us do; but then we wake up to reality, self-interest arises and the abiding has passed. There is no condition of life in which we cannot abide in Jesus. God writes the new name on those places in our lives where He has erased the pride and self-sufficiency and self- interest. Some of us have the new name in spots only, I call them spiritual spots. In sections we look all right. When we have our best spiritual mode on, you would think we were very high-toned saints; but don't look when we are not in that mood.
Pride is the deification of self, and this today is wide spread among Christians. To say "Oh, I'm no saint," is acceptable to human pride, but it is unconscious blasphemy against God. It means that you defy God to make you a saint. Why are you not a saint? It is either that you do not want to be a saint, or that you do not believe God can make you a saint. The common phrase is; "It would be alright if God saved me and took me straight to heaven. You know that is just what he will do. Make no conditions, let Jesus be everything, and He will take you home with Him not only for a day, but forever. Amen!!
'WIDE AWAKE AND LIVING FOR GOD"
May God Bless You
And Your Families
Minister: Robert A. Lail Sr.
The Cross Life Ministry
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