"All to Jesus, I surrender; All to Him I freely give. I will ever love and trust Him, in His presence daily live. Wordly pleasures all forsaken; take me Jesus, take me now. I surrender all, I surrender all. All to Thee, my blessed Savior, I surrender all." (Lyrics written by Judson W. Van DeVenter)
As people we are often overwhelmed with burdens and baggage so heavy that we are unable to serve God or receive the blessings He has for us. Our spiritual hands are filled with stuff and situations that makes us good for nothing but complaining about our situations and criticizing others that seem to be doing better than us. While talking with a close friend this morning, I realized that I had grown tired, not because of hard work or a late night out. I was tired because I have been lugging around bags and bags of fear, anger, doubt, pain and everything else that I could possibly squeeze into every compartment and corner. I was so tired of trying to figure my way out of circumstances and to solve problems that I will never had the resources to solve that I was emotionally and spiritually exhausted. I had to hear my friend talking about her challenge to surrender to God before the light bulb went on. She was absolutely right, we have to surrender everything that preocupies our lives and our thoughts. Our total beings must be surrendered to God, then and only then will we be able to make firm strides toward a greater relationship with our Father. During those times when the ground beneath us gets rocky we must not reach back to grab on to that old baggage, we must reach up and grab tightly to God's unchanging hand.
So, with our hands free, we will be ready for work and ready to receive all that God has for us to do and receive. My sisters, surrender all to Jesus, trust Him to do what only He can do. Worldly pleasures all forsaken, take us Jesus, take us now.
Be Blessed...
