MATT. 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall He not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
PS 8 I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever--
The greatest freedom I have known in my life came from
complete surrender to Jesus. Freedom and surrender are not often thought of as compatible
states but when it comes to a surrendered life to Christ, freedom is the end
result.
Looking back at my life, I count four significant life
altering moments in time where I was overcome with a sense of freedom. By far,
the most satisfying and nurturing was the moment I surrendered to Jesus. I was
freed of burdens I didn’t even know I was carrying around. I was freed from
condemnation that had been a life-long companion. I was freed from thinking I
had to keep the weight of the world on my shoulders. I was freed from my
personal sin. I was truly alive for the first time. I believe that is, in part,
where the ‘born again’ comes from. When we come alive in Christ, we are alive
in its deepest and fullest meaning for the first time. Babes in His arms.
This short paragraph below by HENRY D. THOREAU is a
beautiful piece of prose that means a lot to me. Although it does not say so, I
see the flower as a child of God, standing in the sunlight, looking only to the
Creator, neither borrowing worry nor fear.
I saw a
delicate flower had grown up two feet high, between the horses' path and the
wheel-track. An inch more to the right or left had sealed its fate, or an inch
higher; and yet it lived to flourish as much as if it had a thousand acres of
untrodden space around it, and never knew the danger it incurred. It did not
borrow trouble, nor invite an evil fate by apprehending it..
When we surrender, we are given that same freedom from
concerns coming at us from the right or the left. We can stand our ground with
our roots planted deeply in the Lord and simply do what He gives us to do.
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