Taking Yourself Off the Throne - Love Worth Finding - June 20
June 20, 2025 – Taking Yourself Off the Throne
Luke 14:25-27
Sermon: 2434 How to Be a Fully Committed Disciple of Jesus Christ
Pray Over This
“Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.”
Luke 14:25-27
Ponder This
How badly do you want to be a disciple of Jesus? Do you want to be a disciple at the cost of personal relationships? Do you want to be a disciple at the cost of personal reputation? Our personal ambitions have to be laid in the dust to follow Jesus Christ. I wanted to be an architect or a lawyer. God called me to be a pastor. I’m infinitely glad that He did. But when you come to the Lord Jesus Christ, you leave the plans of your own. You forsake yourself. There is a difference in self-denial and denial of self. You can have self-denial. You can say, “I’ll do without food. I’ll do without sleep. I’ll do without this or that.” That’s self-denial. But to deny self is far different. Simon Peter forsook his nets, but it was a long time before Simon Peter forsook his self.
Are you willing to take yourself off the throne and put Jesus Christ on it? If not, you can’t be a disciple. The personal relationships, personal realization, and personal reputation you have in life all need to be laid at the foot of the cross. Then you take up His new life. From the moment you come to Christ, you must continually ask, “Jesus, what do You want me to do?”
- What has been costly for you about following Jesus? What have you had to sacrifice or lay down?
- How often do you ask God what He wants you to do? How might you make this a habit?
Practice This
Think about something you have been holding onto that you need to surrender to God. Confess to Him and create a visual reminder of your new life in Christ, such as a Scripture you’ve written out to remind yourself that you belong to Him.
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