...Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. (Phillipians 1:6)
I’ve never straddled with the concept of surrender more than now. Especially to give up everything I have to God: my attitude, annoying habits, my constant stupid remarks, my pushy connections…
WHOA! As you know, we’ll never finish our lists of things we have to change (especially our own!) How do I give surrender to the God whom I accepted when He came to my life back in December 9, 2007? How can I say, “Lord, I will stop all I am, for you”? How comfortable will it be to not give up piece by piece of what I am, if He wants it all? Will that be enough?
Now I find an exhilarating response: my self-consciousness will never win me a “most penitent” crown in Heaven. That surrender I always looked on as a requirement for a successful Christian life was already done... on the cross! All that I have to do is… believe! No Hell can have my heart; I’m already Jesus’ best friend.
That surrender that I couldn’t understand began with that profession of love: “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." (Luke 23:46) Father and Son showed their completeness on that day. And you can have that privilege, too.
I’ve never straddled with the concept of surrender more than now. Especially to give up everything I have to God: my attitude, annoying habits, my constant stupid remarks, my pushy connections…
WHOA! As you know, we’ll never finish our lists of things we have to change (especially our own!) How do I give surrender to the God whom I accepted when He came to my life back in December 9, 2007? How can I say, “Lord, I will stop all I am, for you”? How comfortable will it be to not give up piece by piece of what I am, if He wants it all? Will that be enough?
Now I find an exhilarating response: my self-consciousness will never win me a “most penitent” crown in Heaven. That surrender I always looked on as a requirement for a successful Christian life was already done... on the cross! All that I have to do is… believe! No Hell can have my heart; I’m already Jesus’ best friend.
That surrender that I couldn’t understand began with that profession of love: “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." (Luke 23:46) Father and Son showed their completeness on that day. And you can have that privilege, too.
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