Today I will reject any claim to myself (to be my own god) that I may cleave to Christ’s claim to me. In so doing I will exchange death for life. That is to say, I reject my being my own god and accept His lordship and the free gift of redemption that comes with it.
“The nature of sin is not immorality and wrongdoing, but the nature of self-realization which leads us to say, ‘I am my own god.’ This nature may exhibit itself in proper morality or in improper immorality, but it always has a common basis— my claim to my right to myself.” (Chambers October 5)
Romans 5:21
…sin used to be the master of men and in the end handed them over to death: now grace is the ruling factor, with righteousness as its purpose and its end the bringing of men to the eternal life of God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
J. B. Phillips New Testament
Today I will go to God’s altar to accept His rule over my life
First posted December 8, 2023
