ENTHRONEMENT ASSEMBLY DAILY DEVOTIONALS.
Thursday January 2nd, 2025.
Topic : Time To Follow Jesus.
Memory Verse: Luke 5:32. I have not come to call respectable people to repent, but outcasts.”
Bible Reading :Luke 5:27-29 GNB. Key Verse : v27.
After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting in his office. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” Levi got up, left everything, and followed him. Then Levi had a big feast in his house for Jesus, and among the guests was a large number of tax collectors and other people.
Here we see Jesus call Levi unto himself. The instruction was very clear and he said “follow me”. The Bible said that he didn’t make any consultations, but left everything as it were and followed the master. That was because he saw it as a thing of honour to be part of team Jesus. He didn’t stop there, to further show his appreciation and sense of fulfillment, he threw a banquet to celebrate Jesus and the new work he began in his life. The Pharisees and some teachers of the law who were in attendance began to wonder the type of spiritual leader or prophet Jesus mighty be (because they never knew he was God which he proved by forgiving sin when he healed the paralytic). Jesus knowing they were reasoning it amongst themselves had to open up to address the issue by letting them know that he came to change the lives of sick men or sinners and not to condemn them.
The people were looking at the past failures and mistakes of those people Jesus was bringing close and condemning them, but Jesus was seeing the great things he would achieve with them after he had changed their lives. Jesus was seeing beyond their weaknesses into the future strength his walk with them will infuse into their lives for great and mighty things. A man like Peter would have lived and died a nobody without coming in contact with Christ Jesus and being convinced to keep everything he knew and did to follow Jesus. That very decision introduced him to dimensions that made things happen in his life. Today we read about him all over the world. “But Peter said to him, “I have no money at all, but I give you what I have: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth I order you to get up and walk! Then he took him by his right-hand and helped him up. At once the man’s feet and ankles became strong;” Acts 3:6-7.
Because this season is a season of new beginning, Jesus is reaching out us once again as he did to Levi. He is asking us to follow him in this new year, as he told others whom he made in the Bible. In this new year and season, we have to follow Jesus for a different kind of result from what we had known before now. If you have been following before now, make sure you take your walk deeper with him. When you follow him, his presence will build a wall of defense and protection around you. Another benefit of following him is that he will teach you deep things that will change your life and make you a blessing. Following Jesus will grant you access to divine intelligence by the help of his indwelling Spirit that will be at work in you. That will always keep you ahead of the enemy and his devices. The Spirit of God will help you in every of your endeavours and teach you how to make the best of your life or maximise your potential or impact in whatever you do that is good.
Prayer : Thank you Father God for the opportunity to start afresh with you this season and new year. Help me to follow you in everything I do. Teach me the ways of life and make me a success story in Jesus wonderful name…. Amen 🙏🏿.
Yearly Bible Reading : Genesis 2:15-3:24.
For more information, enquiries, counselling, prayers and help, mail info@enthronementassembly.org.ng, enthronementassembly10@gmail.com or visit www.enthronementassembly.org.ng