How Do I Say

How Do I Say



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SAYING yes to Jesus is a familiar catchcry, but
what does it mean when we break past the niceties of cliché – which are, the
nod and ignore responses of a Christianity that is so far beyond being reached?Saying yes to Jesus is an action expressing the
single notion, “I follow you, Jesus, and I do what you say, even when I dont like it.”
That is discipleship. Its nothing more complicated
than that. What might be a continual test of our love, our resolve, our
patience, and our faith, is actually based out of quite a simple decision.To follow Jesus is a decision.By virtue of the decision we do what we have
decided to do. We act. Our faith has traction in the decisions we make that
align with what the Holy Spirit is leading us to do.When we seek to answer the question, “How do I say yes
to Jesus?” we are often left with an altar call situation – saying yes for
the first time.But saying yes for the first time is no different
than saying yes the second time, or the third, the twenty-third, and the 907th.
The first time is just the first time. Not that it isnt significant – of course
it is!Saying Yes With All the Earnestness of Our ConvictionThere is no greater protection afforded any
individual person than this: to say yes to Jesus by discerning and doing Gods
will.Nothing will invoke the full power of the Holy
Spirit and avail the presence of Gods guardian angels more that seeking and
securing Gods will by acts of obedience.We must obey aggressively, declaring war on our
disobedience.Saying yes with the earnestness of our full
conviction, by holding nothing of ourselves back, by casting all the things of
this earth into the chasm of oblivion; that is aggressive obedience of faith.Glorious blessings of confident assurance, growth
and renewal are found in this: when we take Gods line, seeking the knowledge
of his will earnestly, and deploying his will sacrificially, then we begin to
comprehend the vastness of his nature of multiplicity – life expands
exponentially before us: New life.This is how we say yes to Jesus: we discern his
will and we do it.***The command of the Great Commission is to make
disciples, so we ought to be disciples so we can make disciples.© 2013 S. J. Wickham.

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