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Thursday, April 28, 2005
Again, from Chuck Swindoll's So, You Want To Be Like Jesus?:
"How difficult is it to release your grip! You may notice that these first disciplines involve getting rid of things: complications, clutter, noise, distractions. But all of those are unpleasant things. Who doesn't want to fling them far away? Oh, but surrender. Laying down our will. Releasing our grip on our rights, our plans, our dreams. Now we're dealing with a completely different matter. Now we're getting rid of something we love!
Let's face it: Most of us can talk a good fight when it comes to surrender. But I will freely confess, it is a battle royal to this day in my own life. Letting go, laying aside the sin: unbelief. Not so much a lack of trust in God as having such a love for my way to miss His. We often fail to go God's way because we're so captivated by our own. I mean, we've been at this a long time, right? We've got this thing down pat, right? That's part of becoming an adult, isn't it? In truth, at the core of such thinking is a four-letter word that resists all thought of surrender: self."
So, for today, why is it so difficult to hand over our "rights, plans and dreams" to God? Why is surrender to His will so difficult, and what does that say about me?
Brent 4:22 AM
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