subject: Don't Be Like Herod [print this page] So instead of misleading others and thinking you"re misleading God, just come clean this Christmas season and say, "I want to be a truth teller. I want to be honest, God, before you and before others. God, I have a white knuckle grip right now on the armrests of my throne. And, God, I want to turn my hands heavenward and say, "God, have your way in my life. I don"t want to use others. I want to see them for who they are that they matter to God."" Because we"ve never locked eyes with someone who does not matter to God. "I don"t want to mislead anybody anymore. I want to speak the truth in love."
Cribs" This is going to be an outstanding series in all of our lives, because it"s about that Crucial Relationship Initiated By the Savior. Do you realize that you"re loved by God? I mean, do you realize that? You might not have never thought that. But God loves you and God loves me more than we can even comprehend. If we realized how much he loved us, we would just have sensory overload. We couldn"t stand it! And he loves us enough to speak the truth to us. He loves us so much, he"s told us time and time again, that we"re not designed, we"re not wired to run the show. We"re not made to call the shots.
So what about you? Isn"t it about time to just take your white knuckle grip off the armrest of your throne that you sit on as you rule your life? Isn"t it about time that you say, "God, I don"t want to misuse, mistreat or mislead anybody. I want to do life your way. I want to give control of my life to you. Because I understand now that you designed me so you could live in my crib and sit on my throne and run the show. God, I give you my upwardly mobile career. God, I give you my marriage. God, I give you my life. God, it"s not working. I"ve been trying to do it, but like Herod, I"m hydroplaning."
Don"t go Herod. Just let Jesus sit and lay and rule and reign from the crib of your heart. Because when you do, Ed Young Pastor assures you"ll understand that Crucial Relationship Initiated By the Savior was played out just for you.
