Deeper Life #359

And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

—Matthew 19:29

JESUS MUST BE ABSOLUTELY FIRST in our love. He will curse anything we love most—that is the burden of today’s Scripture text.

If I love this present age more than Him, the Lord will rebuke me. If I love myself more, the Lord will convict me. But if I love Him most, He will not be offended by me, nor I by Him. “And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.”

Prayer Thought: Dear Lord, I love You—above and beyond all others and everything else!

SUGGESTED READING: Matthew 19:23–30