“Lovest thou me more than these?”~ Jn. 21:15
I have seen dogs more devoted to their masters than some Christians are to Jesus Christ. I know devout people who are devoted, but to their devotions (prayer and Bible reading), not to Christ. Still others are devoted to some cause. They will go so far as to give their bodies to be burned at a stake, or give all their goods to feed the poor. But no matter how sincere or well-intentioned, if Jesus Christ receives not all the glory and praise from such sacrifices, they’re bogus. Such devotion is, “To The Unknown God.”
Oswald Chambers says, “The greatest competitor of devotion to Jesus Christ is service for Him.” You’ll remember that before Jesus commissioned Peter to feed His sheep, He made plain his devotion was to be to Him, not service for Him.
The mainspring of our devotion is Jesus Christ and Him only. He is to have all our loyalty, faithfulness, allegiance, and undying love!
The Apostle Paul had an adhesive attachment to his Lord; you might go so far as to say, he was glued to Him. Certainly this shows us his overmastering sense of devotion for his “Beloved.” His motto was, “Christ at any cost!”
“If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.” Missionary C.T. Studd
by an Aged Saint
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