“The Power To Surrender”

 

“But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed.”

—Romans 2:5

Writing in his classic devotional book, My Utmost For His Highest, Oswald Chambers pens these words about surrendering ourselves to God:

In our surrender, we must give ourselves to God in the same way He gave Himself for us—totally, unconditionally, and without reservation. The consequences and circumstances resulting from our surrender will never even enter our mind, because our life will be totally consumed with Him.

Successful daily living requires us to hold nothing back from the God who loves us. God gave us His Son, Jesus, to die in our place. How can we withhold ourselves from Him?

General William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, summed up this thought when he wrote the words on the graphic at the beginning of this blog post. As we begin another day, let us ponder these words and determine to live them out to the glory of God.

 

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