Daily Devotional
One Decision Affects All Others
“For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.”
Romans 14:7-8
December 14, 2025
Ponder This
When you say Jesus Christ is Lord, a lot of your decision-making is drastically narrowed. When I go to a hotel room, I don’t have to keep asking myself, “Am I going to watch something inappropriate?” Why? Because Jesus is Lord. If there’s something there that doesn’t belong to me, I don’t have to ask myself, “Am I going to take it or not?” It’s not mine! Jesus is Lord! When you make that decision, so many other decisions are made.
In every person’s heart and life, there’s a throne. If self is on the throne, Christ is on the cross. If self is on the cross, Christ is on the throne. Wouldn’t you like to have a coronation service today and say, “Jesus Christ is Lord of my life”? And then, when you get sick, it’s time to die, and those chilly waters of death start to come around your feet, won’t it be wonderful to say, “Jesus is Lord”? And then when the trumpet sounds and the graves are giving up their dead, and the sky is split asunder, and the Lord Jesus comes in all His glory, won’t it be wonderful to rise in the resurrection and say, “Jesus Christ is Lord”?
Do you believe He is Lord? He is Lord. He died to claim us as Lord; He rose to control us as Lord; He lives to be crowned as Lord. He is Lord.
- What are some ways Jesus’ lordship over your life has changed the decisions you make?
- What are some ways you try to stay on the throne of your life? What does it look like to surrender to Christ’s lordship?
Practice This
Think about your day ahead. Consider how seeing Jesus as Lord will change how you live today.
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