“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’” (Matthew 25:23)

We have a brand-new home! It's not built with stones, gold, or silver. Instead, it's made of the pure Love of Christ, which keeps us hidden from sin and disobedience to our Father's will. Our new home embodies God's Life in Christ Jesus and His eternal Love. We follow Him wherever He goes, doing His work joyfully in our hearts, knowing that our life is part of the Father's plan.

My actions are proof that Father is actively at work.

I approach You, dear Father so that my deeds can be seen as Your handiwork. As I come to You, I am prepared to love as I've been loved. I stay in Your Love and rejoice in the love that flows through me.

“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’” (Matthew 25:21)

As trusting employees of the Holy Spirit, we learn, in little or much, that the tasks before us are form-fitted to God’s abilities, and He is ready to perform them through willing souls. The lesson of life is to trust God’s skill sets. We put no confidence in the flesh. Father wanted to remove that cumbersome burden and replace it with the Holy Spirit at work through the flesh. (See Romans 6.) Our response to His love invading souls is our trust that God is doing just that. We act on trust, leading to trust.

We can do no better than trust God.

Lord, I am wholly available to You, for You to be the only excuse for my being who and what I am and what I say and do.

“Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?” (Matthew 24:45)

As trustworthy employees of the Holy Spirit, we do the work of love set before us. Who do we love? Everyone indiscriminately. Specifically, those Father sends us who don’t like us. In Psalm 23, we are told a table is set for me before my enemies. Why? For me to feed them. This is the work of the Holy Spirit. We trust His ability to meet their actual need. The table has been set before us all. The bread and wine are before us. Share Jesus with everyone; there is more than enough.

Sit, relax, and consume.

Thank You, Father, for giving me the bread and wine of life. Thank You for being complete in me. I joyfully feed all I find hungry.

“So if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them.” (Matthew 24:26)

Look no further. Do not trust people who say there is more of Jesus to gain, a new Christ on the scene, or that Jesus has returned and lives on 777 Main Street. You have it all once you submit and trust the Christ of history birthed in your heart. No one has experienced it all, but we have it all.

Submit to the transforming will of God.

Father, I repent of trying to make You look like I want You to look in my life or dress You up in socially acceptable words or actions. You are Love, and You have judged sin and set me free from the old way of trying to fix my flesh or anyone else’s. You override the desires of the flesh without my help.

“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘There He is,’ do not believe him.” (Matthew 24:23)

The consequence of not getting into the only life raft in sight is death. Jesus of old is that life raft. It is one thing to suffer a life without the ability to be satisfied. It is another to reject the satisfying life. Jesus said, “Like the serpent in the wilderness was lifted up for anyone who looked to it to be healed from their poisoned life, I too shall be lifted up. Anyone who looks to Me and trusts Me for life will have it.” He was lifted up, and you can now look to Him. You will be healed of the poison of distrust.

There is only one life that satisfies.

I see You, Lord Jesus. I am perfect and complete in our union. I look to You and am healed.

Let us imagine God is only knowable to us through His love

fitting comfortably within our hearts. After all, God is love, Mr. Love Himself. His love for us is like an endless ocean stretching far beyond the horizon. He is so vast that our finite minds cannot fully comprehend His depths except through our hearts. It is like trying to measure the universe with a ruler.

That is how limitless God is. His ability to love is infinite and pure, bringing peace, rest, and joy to a life we may have never known. It's as if every aspect of our existence is enveloped in the warm embrace of this perfect and boundless love. I recommend you let Mr Love love you.

If our perception of Christianity revolves around the idea of constantly striving, fighting, and anxiously waiting for the next battle, we might be missing the essence of God's grace.

“‘The baptism of John was from what source, from heaven or from men?’ And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’” (Matthew 21:25)

John came baptizing for one reason: to proclaim Jesus as the Christ. He was told what to do and what to look for. John had even advised the Jewish leaders of Jesus. He scolded them because he knew their hearts were not willing to trust Jesus as the Christ. God’s plan for Jesus was accomplished. They rejected and crucified Jesus. Think of this: without a dead Jesus, we would not have a resurrected Jesus nor His Holy Spirit resident in us. He is the Christ, the one we trust. The only way not to trust Christ is by stealing your heart from his gaze. Not one bit of fear, guilt, or shame can keep you from humbling your will to Christ’s.

Pride alone damns you.

Jesus, nothing I feel, think, say, or do make You real or unreal.