Daily Devotion 11/13/26

Reading: Romans 10:9-10 -- A passage explaining that confessing with the mouth that Jesus is Lord and believing in the heart that God raised him from the dead leads to salvation, with the heart believing unto righteousness and the mouth confessing unto salvation.
Devotional: Salvation is not earned through moral effort, religious attendance, or general goodwill toward others. It is received through confession and belief. This is both the simplest and the most demanding truth in all of Scripture. Simple, because it requires no achievement. Demanding, because it requires complete surrender of self-sufficiency. To confess Jesus as Lord is to say that he is in charge, not you. It means his word carries authority over your preferences, your habits, and your understanding of yourself. Many people want the comfort of God without the lordship of Christ. But the two cannot be separated. To have the Son is to have the Father. To deny the Son is to have neither.
Reflection: Is there any area of your life where you have accepted the comfort of God's love while resisting the authority of his lordship? What would full surrender in that area look like?
Practical Application: If you have never made a clear confession of faith in Jesus Christ, today is the day. Speak it plainly to God in prayer. If you are already a believer, identify one specific area where you have been holding onto control and consciously surrender it to Christ today in prayer. Tell someone you trust what you have surrendered.