I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.
—John 17:4
“True surrender is not simply surrender of our external life
but surrender of our will— and once that is done, surrender is complete. The
greatest crisis we ever face is the surrender of our will. Yet God never forces
a person’s will into surrender, and He never begs. He patiently waits until
that person willingly yields to Him. And once that battle has been fought, it
never needs to be fought again.[…] He says, “If you want to be My disciple, you must give
up your right to yourself to Me.” And once this is done, the remainder of your
life will exhibit nothing but the evidence of this surrender, and you never
need to be concerned again with what the future may hold for you. Whatever your
circumstances may be, Jesus is totally sufficient (see 2 Corinthians 12:9 and
Philippians 4:19). […] And after you surrender— then what? Your entire life
should be characterized by an eagerness to maintain unbroken fellowship and
oneness with God.” CHAMBERS
It doesn’t matter if you are a stay-at-home mom, a business
executive, you ride around on the back of a trash truck, or you are a missionary
in a faraway land. You must surrender
your will to God to accomplish God’s purpose in your life. To experience the abundant life that Jesus
said is ours. Jesus said (John 10:10) that He was bringing more
life, better life than we were capable of experiencing. In 1 John 5:12 we are told that if we have Jesus, we have life and if
we don’t have Jesus, we don’t have life.
The key to experiencing that life is surrender. An easy thing to think
about, a hard thing to do. The reason is
that surrender requires trust and trust requires faith. So, if you are not surrendered to the Lord it
is because you lack faith. Until you are surrendered, you will live a
life of missed opportunities.
Opportunities to experience the peace and joy, the fruit of the Spirit
in your life no matter what maybe happening around you.
I just had a mental picture of that. In one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies,
the main villain has just had his plans upended by the good guys and his ship
is being blown apart. (The part I am
referring to) The scene is where he is walking down the stairs to the deck of
the ship and parts of the ship are flying all around him. But he walks on, calmly, seemingly impervious
to the calamity around him. It is that
picture that I have of the Saint, walking through life. There is calamity all about, but the Saint
walks on. Living his life with peace and
joy in spite of the challenges of living this earthly life. You have got to give it up. What is “it”? Your will and want to live your life on your
own.” (2 Corinthians 4:8-12) “we are afflicted in every way, but not
crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck
down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus,
so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are constantly being delivered
over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested
in our mortal flesh. So death works in
us, but life in you.” Let your light
shine. ELGIN
All To Jesus I Surrender
All to Jesus I surrender; all to him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust him, in his presence daily live.
All to Jesus I surrender; humbly at his feet I bow,
worldly pleasures all forsaken; take me, Jesus, take me now.
All to Jesus I surrender; make me, Savior, wholly thine;
fill me with thy love and power; truly know that thou art
mine.
All to Jesus I surrender; Lord, I give myself to thee;
fill me with thy love and power; let thy blessing fall on
me.
All to Jesus I surrender; now I feel the sacred flame.
O the joy of full salvation! Glory, glory, to his name!
I surrender all ….
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