ACCESS DENIED?

ACCESS DENIED?

Monday, February 26, 2018

Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Dear fellow followers of Christ,

  In the 55 years since trusting Jesus as personal Redeemer I’ve learned much. One of the essential keys is my Lord does not change me in areas I determinately do not permit. Indeed He is the Omnipotent All-wise Potter . . . but I am the clay. Peter, entertaining his usual feelingitis had to learn this lesson and the account contemplated is edifying.

  Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end. It was time for supper, and the devil had already prompted Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God. So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him. When Jesus came to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”Jesus replied, “You don’t understand now what I am doing, but someday you will.”“No,” Peter protested, “you will never ever wash my feet!”Jesus replied, “Unless I wash you, you won’t belong to me.”Simon Peter exclaimed, “Then wash my hands and head as well, Lord, not just my feet!” (NLT Jn.13:1-9)

  Daily I must remind myself that allowing God access to change me is exercising Romans 12:1-3 worship pleasing to Him. With Him I gain maturation in increasing godliness. (Jn.15:1-5)

  So, I again today ask myself the question: Access denied?

Sincerely,

Edwin Bennett Bullock 4^th

PS. With the early on coaching of elder mentors I for good reason chose Psalm 32:8-9 as my life verses.

Blessedly they are ever before me.