It's been a lot about surrender lately...
Started on the classic Oswald Chambers devotional.
As I worshipped God this morning, I felt the Spirit whisper about surrender and letting go into my ear. Turning to the first page of My Utmost for His Highest, there was
Phil 1:20 -21 I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Chambers wrote (my paraphrase): 'We all feel very much ashamed when we do not yield the areas that Jesus has asked us to yield to him'
I can do identify with that statement. So many times I have been stubborn and stiff-necked, ignoring the red flags or nudges by the Holy Spirit.
Chambers also says that God often provides a crisis/crossroads for us to decide whether we will live our best for His glory or not [this is because we are often unresponsive to gentler hints]. Paul determined at his crossroads to live his best for God. To not be ashamed because he compromised. To have the courage to choose God's best and His will.
Will I do the same? At every future crossroad? So help me God. Give me the courage. For it is one of the most daunting things one can do. Absolute and irrevocable surrender...
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