Why is living a "surrendered life" so dog-gone hard to do. Just when you think that you given every tiny corner of your heart over to God, one other area creeps up. This is what I've been S-T-Ruggling with lately. God keeps speaking to me ...completely surrender. Are you completely surrendered to me? God wants it all. He's is a jealous God. There has been these couple things that I think I can handle better on my own. But it never seems to work. I thought about what it means to surrender and I thought about in war when there is battle and one finally surrenders. He lays himself down and knows that he has been captured. Or what about this... a chase scene in movie and the suspect is finally caught and handcuffed. He no longer fights because he knows the authority that he is under.
But why is it that with us as Christians, we say we have a surrendered heart to Christ, but that one thing comes back to haunt us, and we begin to pick up what ever ammunition that we can to fight our own battles. We have laid our lives down for Christ, yet not completely surrendered. We know the authority that we are under yet not completely surrendered. We have been captured but not completely surrendered. God help me to stay surrendered. What I have also noticed is that with surrender comes sacrifice...sacrifice of our own thoughts and ways.
Why do we surrender? Is it out of love, out of obedience, out of a sense of duty? Whatever the reason may be, he can fight for us so much easier when we are his.
I've been reading in Ecclesiastes and many times it mentions that a life without God is meaningless. So I was thinking those areas that are not surrendered to him are really without him. And I definitely do not want to live a life that's meaningless But more than anything a life without God.
Just have had this on my heart...and pretty heavily!!!
~Paula~
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
That is very true. I think we should all live a surrendered life to God, in every way! That is a big thing because I like to have control over everything. That was really a GREAT thought! See you later.
Ohmygosh! That was what I needed to hear, Mrs. Paula; goodness you know, I really feel that this was a Holy Ghost post! Oh, and that whole ribbon thing... Yeah, we need to talk!
that is totally true.. it really amazes me at how much we know but how hard it is to live it
Post a Comment