Surrender

¹⁹ “For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. ²⁰ I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." Galatians 2:19-20

I've screwed up. We all have, but sometimes I feel like I'm the biggest screw up in the world; not because I have done "worse" things than everyone else, but because I have tried so many times to fully surrender everything to God, only to find myself holding on to a piece of the world that I just don't want to let go of. It's so easy to want the things of this world, because those are the things with immediate gratification and that are pleasing to our corrupt hearts.

But in those times where I stop serving myself and genuinely seeking God, I begin to look beyond the surface and let me tell you what God reveals to me:

People who are broken,
                                     hurting,
                                                in need of love,
                                                                       insecure,
                                                                                    imprisoned,

And I am overwhelmed with a desire to help. But they don't need any part of me. Who am I? I am a self-centered, egotistical, broken man who genuinely only cares about what can help me. All that is good in me is the power of Christ through me. Full surrender to the Gospel is the only way any of us can help any of the suffering the people of the world experience.

It's not easy, trust me. Only by grace does God continually give me the desire to lift up my hands and allow God to pick me back up and keep going. I have gone off the path countless times, but God straightens them. God is so good. We are so weak, but He has the power to make us strong. It's incredible the difference a life devoted to Christ makes in our attitudes.

We experience joy
                            love
                                  acceptance
                                                   hope
                                                           peace
                                                                   
When I am living a life surrendered to Christ, I experience all the feeling I have when I eat breakfast for dinner (brinner), but in a lasting way. God is incredible. Surrender to Him and He will open Your eyes to the hurt people around you. It hurts to see it at first, but its so much better than living blind to the world around you. Don't show yourself to the world, but show them Christ. He is the Savior. We are just a vessel for His glory.