…having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made accepted in the Beloved.
EPHESIANS 1:5, 6 (NKJV)
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.”
MATTHEW 16:24 (NKJV)
I just want to encourage you to go after God with everything that you are. When you’re saved, there’s nothing that stands between you and God except for you, if you haven’t been delivered of you. I’m serious. Jesus sees you — His beloved, His unconditionally accepted one — and He goes, “I want that one right there.”
And everywhere that we go, we walk in that knowledge of being accepted in the Beloved, so we freely bring Him to people, and we freely bring people to Him. We are making disciples. This is what we’re called to do: we’re called to make disciples. You should be excited to be a disciple who makes disciples! Come on now! What a privilege it is to share your faith with somebody. What a time to be alive — the fields are wide open and the harvest is ready!
Too many people ask God to move while they stay seated. They ask God to use them but hold back the very thing He wants: them. God will not use a vessel that won’t surrender. Being “delivered of you” means laying down every fear, every excuse, every false identity — because there’s no room for compromise when you’ve been bought with the blood of Jesus.
You are fully accepted in the Beloved. But that acceptance is not so you can coast — it’s so you can carry His presence with boldness into the world.
🟡 Challenge for Today:
Ask the Holy Spirit: “Is there any area where I haven’t been delivered of me?” Surrender it. Write it down. Lay it down. Then ask Him for one opportunity to make a disciple today. Be bold — go after this with the Holy Spirit!
I believe you can do it,
Todd White