MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!  HAVE A SUPER -GREAT CHRISTMAS!  ENJOY FAMILY.  GO PLACES.  GIVE GIFTS.  HAVE FUN WITH YOUR GIFTS.  BUT SPEND TIME WITH JESUS TOO!

We like it just the way we like it…right?  I mean, I want to call the shots about my life.  I want to be in total control over decisions that affect me.  So, we don’t like school, because people are always telling us what to do.  We don’t like chores because I would rather do things that I like to do.  We like to be King or Queen of our own life.

Pray:  “God, help me to let go and let you be King or my life.”

Grab Your Bible:  Read Matthew 2:1-16.  (page 1476 in the Jesus Bible – it’s the same passage as yesterday).

Ok, same story that we read earlier.  King Herod was upset, ANGRY when the wise men asked where the new king was born.  He was king.  He wanted the power and he did not want to share it.  In fact, he loved power so much he had members of his own family killed so he would have no competition as king.  So when he heard the news of a new king, he was not happy.  Then the wise men did not return to tell him where Jesus was, so King Herod killed all the boys 2 years and younger in Bethlehem.  That’s brutal!

Jesus is Lord!  That is something we hear lots in and around churches.  But did you know, it means Jesus is King.  So when you say Jesus is Lord, you are saying Jesus is King of my life.  Wow!

 Jesus cannot be your Savior unless He is your Lord.

But if you like to control your own life, you are lord of your life.  And like Herod, you and I try to kill off things that compete with us.

God is asking for complete surrender of your heart, your desires to God.  That is a big ask!  But it is worth it to really let Jesus be King of your life.  Jesus came as a baby to be Lord of our lives.

Prayer:  “Jesus, it is tough to let go and let you have complete control of my life.  I do not even know what that looks like.  Help me.  Let me let You be the King of my heart.