False Professions!

Luke 22:33 "And he said unto Him,"Lord I'm ready to go with thee,both to prison and to Death".

There are many who profess to be willing to surrender and forsake all and follow Jesus, but their words don't always coincide with their actions.We say we love the Lord,that he is the head of our life, that He is our everything,and I do believe that we who profess this truly believe we mean what we say at the time.Yet when it comes right down to it,we have things in our lives that we choose hold on to that hinders our following Jesus.We really feel we want to follow Him, but we either refuse to or don't know how to let go of some things in our life which hinders our ability to walk with Him.

Here Peter professed to willing to not only follow the Lord but to go to prison and even die with Him, yet we all know that before the cock crowed Peter denied the Lord three times.But are we really that different from Peter? How many times have we denied the Lord in word or by and ungodly action when a witness of Him might have save a lost soul.How often do we hang on to old habits which exclude Christ in our lives, instead of creating new habits which  will make Him a bigger part of our life?How many things do we have in our life which when we think about it honestly, hinders our ability to walk with Christ in the truth of His word.I'm not talking about saying we are walking with Him, but to truly die to self and be taken prisoner in the spirit of God, where others can see Him in your life.Remember the story of the rich young ruler,He came to Christ and asked how he might inherit eternal life.Now he came to the right person, he came the right way as it says he fell at Christ feet, He asked the right question,and he seemed to know what the word of God said.But there was one thing he lacked,he wouldn't let go of his riches to follow Christ.

Are you really willing to forsake all and follow Christ? Are you willing to make a sacrifice and go to Sunday school?Are you willing to forsake "Ladies Night" at the club to make prayer meeting and bible study?Are you willing to make changes in your life to be a better witness for Him.Are you willing to search yourself and ask God to remove all in your life that is hindering your walk with Him, and then let it go?Will you really follow Him even if it means death and prison, or are you making a false profession.