Discipleship Response
His Love
2 Corinthians 5:18-19
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
~ Apostle Paul
Pondering Point
As disciples of Jesus, our lives are messages to the world of what can happen when God comes into a person. He takes someone unrighteous and makes him righteous: He takes someone estranged from God due to sin and makes her united to Himself in Christ Jesus; He takes someone sinful and brings good from within him – producing a righteousness that comes from God. God’s righteousness comes first into the person by faith and then flows out from the person as he or she lives faithfully for God. It is, as the bible speaks it, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last (Romans 1:17). Let’s review our pursuit of God’s righteousness.
Review
Do you believe that you are right with God thanks to Jesus? Do you believe that you must justify yourself before God? Before others? How is anxiety negatively affecting your spiritual walk? What competes with God for priority in your life? How are you actively seeking after God?
Answers:
Repent if Necessary
Repent if necessary of trying to prove yourself to God, of trying to prove yourself to others. Repent of letting needs or anxiety over needs negatively impact your attitude toward life and time with God. Repent of letting lesser things dominate your time with God and pushing aside His way of living life.
Return as Necessary
State these biblical agreements by faith:
o I am righteous before God thanks to Jesus
o All my daily needs are being met by God.
Now conclude with the prayer for the day.
Prayer for the Day
Father God, thank You for reconciling Yourself to me through Jesus. Let me be a helpful, readable message to others with whom You also seek reconciliation through Your Son Jesus. In His name I ask this. Amen.