Morning by Morning, November 30 - Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Make me more like You today. ...
“The seventy returned with joy, saying, ‘Lord, in Your name even the demons submit to us!’ He said to them, ‘I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning. See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven’” (Luke 10:17-20).
The disciples were excited and filled with joy when they saw the power of God being released through their ministry in the authority of the name of Jesus. And You were excited and filled with joy to see the kingdom of Satan being destroyed, as the kingdom of God was coming on earth as it is in heaven: “At that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, ‘I thankYou, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was Your gracious will” (v. 21).
Yet in all the excitement and joy, You were reminding Your disciples then -- just as You’re still reminding Your disciples today -- to keep “first things first” and that “the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” And the first thing, the main thing, was their personal relationship with You, so that their names were written in heaven.
I’m so humbled and excited to see You move in the power of Your love and the authority of Your name through this simple little ministry You’ve entrusted to us at Messiah Ministries. You’ve called us to “prepare the way of the Lord” in peoples’ hearts and in the earth. You’ve called us to “minister the healing love of God” -- especially through the prayer ministry of inner healing and deliverance, what I’ve come to call “healing from the inside out.” And Yet, I’m most humbled and excited to know I’m a child of God, a disciple of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, and that my name is written in heaven. Wow! Thank You, Jesus!
So I do believe You’re still rejoicing in the Holy Spirit at the right hand of the Father, “far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come” (Ephesians 1:20). And I do believe that by the mercy of God and the mystery of faith, that I’m also raised up there with You in the Spirit, with heaven in my heart and my name written in heaven, as Your Word proclaims:
“But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which He loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ -- by grace you have been saved -- and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the immeasurable riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:4-7).
That’s a little hard to fully comprehend, but it’s not very hard to rejoice in what You’ve done for me! Give me grace and faith to keep living into this joyful truth more every day! That’s the main thing! Thank You, Jesus! Thank You, Father! Thank You, Holy Spirit! In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
Friends, may you be filled with joy as you live into the truth that your name is written in heaven and already in the Spirit you are seated in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus at the right hand of the Father, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah Ministries
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