I SURRENDER ALL
I SURRENDER ALL….I can never get through that hymn without tears. We sang it this morning at church and by the first chorus I was choked up. That bold statement – I surrender all - always gets my attention and I have to ask, have I REALLY surrendered ALL? As the congregation sang, I felt as if I was walking along side of Abraham. I felt his heart breaking as he hiked with Isaac, prepared an altar, and laid his only son as an offering in obedience to the Most High God. It is one thing for God to take away (maybe like in Job’s case). I have had “taken away” before and it hurts. For me, it is easier to say, “You have been so faithful to me and if you take my family away, I know I will continue to trust in your sovereign plan.” It is far harder to say, “I surrender my physical body. I willingly give up my husband to you. I lay my kids on the altar as a sacrifice in obedience. I SURRENDER ALL.” By the end of the song and by the end of wrestling with the power of those words, I am finally able to sing and mean it with all my heart…..I SURRENDER ALL.
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Amy, I've been going through that lately too. I said recently preaching at a missions conference, "I want obedience to take precedence over even my family's security." Hearing myself say that out loud, it began to hit me, and I followed it up with, "And I want that to be more true every time I say it."
The blessedness of possessing nothing - A.W.Tozer in the Pursuit of God. read it if you have a chance. I think I am learning that surrendering all today means doing it again tomorrow, for I find myself taking things back that I surrendered before and having to lay them down again. Lord have patience with me as walk the path of being crucifed with Christ, so I can say that it is no longer I that live but Christ that lives in me.
Wask that was really encouraging for me. I love what your friend Andy had to say about it, too. I find myself clinging to my "noble" pursuits and not letting God's will take precedence.
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