Let me continue thoughts from my last blog, because it has provoked several conversations between myself and others. When I speak of surrendering our lives or our will to God, that does not necessarily mean to give God our perfectly planned future…that is to say, it means exactly that, however God may not make it perfectly known to you that he wants you to be a missionary to Africa or a waitress in Lawrence County (whatever your future). While God does sometimes work in that way, more often his Spirit wants us to surrender the moment and begin a journey. Remember Abraham? God told him to pack up and go to a strange land…no indication of the final destination…no route to follow…no hint of how long the journey would take. God called Abraham to trust him that moment and to take a step. The Spirit often calls us to trust him in the moment. Has he ever called you to help someone? Did you? Has he ever called you to witness to someone? Did you? Has he ever called you to love someone or pray for someone? Did you? Has he ever called you to an altar? Did you go? These are moments of surrender that we must experience before the Holy Spirit can, or at least begins to, work thru us. Too many people in the church today have invited Jesus into their lives…they intend to maintain control, but Jesus can come along. The problem with inviting Jesus into your life is that he has promised us the Holy Spirit to guide, counsel, and strengthen us. The Spirit can get in the way big-time! And without the Spirit controlling us, we will never live the life God intended us to live.
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