Christianity is not a democracy…
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Had an interesting devotion this morning. While meditating in the book of Esther, it came to me once again just how involved the Lord is in the details of our lives. I’m reminded of something? David said by the Spirit of Christ…
“Truly is not my house so with God? For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, ordered in all things, and secured; for all my salvation and all my desire, will He not indeed make it grow.” (2 Samuel 23:5 nasb.)
This? has always been a favorite portion? for me.
While? reading in Esther, I saw where the king could not sleep at night. He? asked for the kingdom chronicles to be brought to him. In reading? he found where a certain Mordecai had never been rewarded for saving the king’s life.
Rather than get into the details, what I want my readers to see is how the Lord arranges times and events in our lives to meet His purposes. It was no accident that the king was unable to sleep. Of course out of this? came a? great salvation of the Jews who were about to be exterminated.
Is Christianity a democracy? Does everyone have a say so in how things are to be run? Should we not get to vote on whatever the case may be?
The answer is no to all three questions. And this is where trusting in the Lord as our personal Savior comes in. It is also where a maturity of faith comes in. Listen carefully.
David spoke by the Spirit and said that the covenant of Christ was ordered in all things and that it was secured. No matter what else we may think this means, what it does mean is that no believer should ever worry about how things are to be in his or her life. Why? Because your life has already been ordered and secured. Every believer has a divine destiny. It is secured in Christ.
David did not stop there. He said that the covenant of Christ had been secured for “all my salvation and all my desire,” and that it was going to grow.
Wow — Wish I had time to do a fuller? teaching on this. Alas, time will not allow. My point is that a believer should never allow any? religion to replace the Lordship of Jesus in his or her life. Learn this and you can be in whichever flock the Lord assigns you to. With this principle of Lordship in place you will know how to live.
I am still reliving my visit from my Fletcher cousins? yesterday. It was a thrill to talk about the yesteryears. It was more a thrill just to be with them. I’ve always had a close relationship with? Aunt Allie’s children.
11:10 a.m. -? Lane brought an orange? slice cake from his mom. Boy, does it ever? look great. I’ll? work on that in a bit closer to lunch.
Been working on my cracklins again. Andre picked up a? bag of cracklins for me when he and Judy brought crawfish the other evening.? Taking my time with this batch. Shucks, and I can’t have any butter milk. 
Well, a point does need to be made. If Christianity is not a democracy, what is it? The true Christian faith is about the personal Lordship of Jesus Christ in the life of each child of God. It is about an Abrahamic-type walk with the Lord.
Don’t want to press this too far unless there are some questions. What the apostle told us was that we were to? follow in the steps of Abraham. Abraham is the prototype the new covenant believer. This is why we are called ‘children of Abraham.’?
It’s almost three o’clock. Perhaps it is time to? shut things down for now. Looking forward to this evening’s service.
Love all of you,
Buddy
