A Yielded Life Produces Peace

Do you want Jesus to be king of your life? Are you willing to do everything he commands? Then let me show you two wonderful blessings that come to all who enthrone Jesus as king of their lives.

First, scripture says if you will submit yourself to Jesus, waiting to receive his counsel and direction, you will partake of his holiness. “Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness” (Hebrews 12:9-10, NKJV).

Paul commanded us to come to Jesus, asking him to give us dominion over all our sins and fears: “And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace” (Romans 6:13-14).

God is saying, “If you want to know abundant life, a true and full life, then submit yourself to me. I will give you life without fear, guilt, or condemnation!”

Second, those who submit to the lordship of Christ will walk in peace without fear or anxiety. “To grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life… Through the tender mercy of our God, with which the dayspring from on high has visited us; to give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace” (Luke 1:74-75,78-79).

When a person has enthroned Christ in his heart, such a life produces peace that passes all understanding, and you can see that peace in the person’s face and demeanor. If we yield our lives to him, he will shine his light into our darkness and guide us into peace and rest. What a wonderful promise!