SURRENDERING ALL

SURRENDERING ALL My Lord and Savior My HERO-Jesus-SURRENDERED ALL Surrendered it all Gave all he had physically SURRENDERED all emotionally Surrendered all spiritually Surrendered so much Of himself That he got to the point That he thought his Father ABANDONED HIM “'My God-my God Why did you abandon me?' With a loud cry Jesus died The army officer Who was standing there In front of the cross Saw how Jesus has died 'This man was really The SON of God,' He said” Mark 15:33-38 WHICH brings us all To the point- To the question-which is HOW MUCH Of each of us Are we REQUIRED to surrender SURRENDERING ALL And the ANSWER is As much as we can As much as we are able To bring us as CLOSE as we can To LIVING like Christ “........you have loosed my bonds” Psalm 116:16 Which is A bit of a PARADOX We are required To at least Surrender as much Of our SELF-WILL That keeps us From being ourselves From what God DESTINED us to be And who and what WE are meant to be WHO is someone Who shows our humanity IN LOVE And brings others To our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ SURRENDERING our lives Means giving up CONTROL of our lives And allowing God To make us To CONFORM us Into what God wants us to be I don't know About you But surrendering my self-will OR CONTROL Is NOT my greatest asset We are in bondage IF we think We don't need God If we think we can CONTROL Everything in our own lives “Though we are slaves OUR God has NOT forsaken us In our bondage” Ezra 9:9 OUR own attempts To control things Makes our lives DYSFUNCTIONAL (In health-in finances-and in relationships) Paradoxically By SURRENDERING CONTROL of our lives To God WE BECOME FREE Dear Lord-WE PRAY We surrender our control Of our lives to you We SURRENDER our bondage and control Of our SELF-WILL to you BUILD in me/us As you did With your Son-Jesus An EXAMPLE for all in order TO BRING OTHERS TO YOU Robert P. Wallman 7-16-15 INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Phil Fox Rose