Do I Disown You My Lord?

Scripture: John 13:38 Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? I tell you the truth, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!

Observation: Each morning I pray and ask for God’s guidance and tell Him I want to live this day for Him and that He is worthy of all of my love, praise and obedience. Yet it doesn’t take long before I judge someone, get angry, speak negatively about someone or act in a way that is in opposition to my claim to be a Christian. So when people see me to they see me as a disciple of Jesus or just another hypocrite?

Application: I need to think before I act. Am I representing my Lord with this action or am I representing myself and my desires. Am I disowning my Savior with what I say or how I treat His children or am I guiding people through the love I show them in Jesus name? I have only one purpose to touch the lives of those around me for my Lord and I can only do it through the strength and wisdom He gives me so I must walk the way He walked.

Prayer: Dear Lord I do love you and want to fulfill the purpose you have given me, but I can’t do it in my strength. Please be with me each day and guide me when I go off the path, so that others may see you through my actions and words so they will say, “this man must have been with Jesus.”