Ac11

"No, Lord!" These are two words that should never be together! It is an oxymoronic thing to say. Yet, like Peter, too many of us choose to speak these words to Jesus.

We should either say "Yes, Lord!" or we should say, "No. You can't tell me what to do." If Jesus is our Lord, then we certainly do not have the authority to say "no" to Him. Saying "no" to Jesus is both a misunderstanding of His authority in our lives and a misunderstanding of His desires for us. Whenever we say "no" to Jesus, we are fools.

I want to be among those who say "Yes, Lord". Not because it is easy, but because Jesus is actually "Lord" and He can be trusted both in this life and in the life that is to come. I want to be a "yes man" when it comes to following Jesus. Don't you?