FAITH CAPSULE: One who is self-full cannot be possibly steadfast.

Luke 5:1-32

Jesus was teaching when He stated, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.” (Matthew 7:21)
Does that sound like you?
The will of Father is to serve by following Jesus fully.
Is it your desire to serve God by following Jesus fully?
To follow Him fully (to serve God) demands to be steadfast.
One who is self-full cannot be word full.
Following fully is not a one time or a on and off engagement.
Following the word demands to be steadfast which is to be fixed in direction, firm in purpose and fixed in intensity.
To be steadfast in following the living word of God is not a self-satisfying engagement and one who is self-full cannot be possibly steadfast.
King David realized the importance and the need for one to be steadfast when he called on God in Psalm 51:10, “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
A steadfast spirit is what caused Caleb and Joshua to follow God fully. Caleb and Joshua refused to flow with the crowd confessing negative against the word of God which promised them a land that flows with milk and honey. They followed the word fully and confessed positive in the face of Moses and all the people. By virtue of their positive confession, God declared, “My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it.” (Numbers 14:24) One who follows the commanding word of God follows God fully.
At the time of God’s calling of Elisha through Elijah, “…He left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, ‘Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.’ And he said to him, ‘Go back again, for what have I done to you?’ So Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the oxen’s equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant.” (1 Kings 19:20-21)
Elisha left all behind when he answered God’s calling. In answering, Elisha demonstrated steadfastness. He emptied self by getting rid of all that could have held him back. Elisha used his oxen’s equipment as a boiler to boil the slaughtered oxen. Elisha followed the business of the Kingdom steadfastly. Whatever man cannot forsake for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven is what will cause Heaven to forsake man from becoming a qualified candidate for the Kingdom of Heaven.
Be steadfast in following fully and be rewarded in Him.

Prayer for today: Ask God to create in you a clean heart and renew a steadfast spirit within you.