“And you must
love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your
mind, and all your strength.” Mark 12: 30
When I think of
LORD, I think of Yahweh. I think of a mighty creator God. The one
who moves mountains, is jealous, and declares what is good.
I think of someone
I wouldn't mind following.
Someone I want to
give my life to.
A couple months
back, Phil was giving a sermon and said this about Jesus: “If He's
not Lord of all, He's not Lord at all.” That still resonates me.
And, even though it's one of those hip Christian catch phrases, that
doesn't make it any less true.
In my life, there
are so many things I hold tight in my little fists. Yes, Lord, you
can have whatever is around me, and beside me, but I want to hold on
to these things in my own hands. I don't want to let these things
go.
After all, what
will you do with them?
That is how my
life usually goes. And, day by day, I try to figure out how to open
my hands, put my palms up and surrender.
I even went so far
as to get a tattoo to remind me of that surrender, daily, minute by
minute and hour by hour.
Today, I spent a
lot of time thinking about where I am, and how I came to be here. I
thought of what I did give to God, and what I refused...and somewhat
still refuse..to give Him.
I realized that it
goes deeper than appearances...that to make Him Lord of all means
giving him our hearts, thoughts, and feelings. Everything.
I know that I am
not alone in this, and I know that He has good for me. Lord, help me
to remember that what you have is better than anything I could make
up, or try to selfishly keep.
Help me to make
you Lord of all.
In Christ,
Lilia
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