Fully Surrendered to Christ.
That was the heading of my daily bible reading today. The passage was Mark 8:34–38. And the question it posed at the end was, "What do you need to surrender in order to truly follow Jesus? What are some personal ambitions you may be holding on to?"
It got me thinking about if I am full surrender to Christ. I would like to have said yes I definitely am, or even yes I think I am. But I couldn't.
That complete surrender has always scared me a bit as I wondered what God might ask of me. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who feels this way. I know there have been times when I know I definitely was surrendered, but also times when I definitely wasn't.
But I can see when I look back that the more mature I have become, both in Christ as well as in life, the deeper my surrender has become. I don't think it's all the way yet but it's getting there.
Some people, like the man the devotional was about, seem to be able to surrender everything in one go, as it were, but I suspect there are more like me who have the desire but still hold something back.
Father, help me to set aside whatever hinders me from fully surrendering to You.
That was the heading of my daily bible reading today. The passage was Mark 8:34–38. And the question it posed at the end was, "What do you need to surrender in order to truly follow Jesus? What are some personal ambitions you may be holding on to?"
It got me thinking about if I am full surrender to Christ. I would like to have said yes I definitely am, or even yes I think I am. But I couldn't.
That complete surrender has always scared me a bit as I wondered what God might ask of me. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who feels this way. I know there have been times when I know I definitely was surrendered, but also times when I definitely wasn't.
But I can see when I look back that the more mature I have become, both in Christ as well as in life, the deeper my surrender has become. I don't think it's all the way yet but it's getting there.
Some people, like the man the devotional was about, seem to be able to surrender everything in one go, as it were, but I suspect there are more like me who have the desire but still hold something back.
Father, help me to set aside whatever hinders me from fully surrendering to You.