It is possible to be living in a sort of virtual reality where your perspective is so skewed that you actually think you are on track when, in fact, the enemy has you going in the wrong direction.

Saul’s Encounter with Jesus is a great example of this very thing.  Saul was doing his own thing while claiming he was zealous for God.

Acts 9:1 Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. 4 Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”  5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?”  Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.” 6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

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Saul realized he was encountering someone supreme in authority, and that acknowledgment led to his rescue and complete surrender.

Genuine Salvation is about Jesus being Lord.  Scripture doesn’t teach that Jesus can be the Savior but not the Lord.

Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”

Jesus is not the great genie of heaven waiting to know what we want so He can fulfill our every desire.  Jesus rules and reigns from the throne of grace and leads those surrendered to Him into the greatest destiny they could have based on whom He knows them to be and what He knows they were created for.

No one knows better what is best for you than Jesus.  Knowing His will and purpose for your life is liberating because it connects you with what you were created in Christ to be and to do to start with.

Your best life now is not summed up in your flesh, always being satisfied.

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

A vulnerable trust in Jesus that brings us to a full-on surrender to Him as our Lord is our best life now and our highest act of worship.  Whoever you live for is the real Lord of your life.