All or Nothing?
When Simon Peter heard that it
was the Lord, he put on his outer garment…and plunged into the sea. —John 21:7
Have you ever had a crisis in
your life in which you deliberately, earnestly, and recklessly abandoned
everything? It is a crisis of the will. You may come to that point many times
externally, but it will amount to nothing. The true deep crisis of abandonment,
or total surrender, is reached internally, not externally. The giving up of
only external things may actually be an indication of your being in total
bondage.
Have you deliberately committed
your will to Jesus Christ? It is a transaction of the will, not of emotion; any
positive emotion that results is simply a superficial blessing arising out of
the transaction. If you focus your attention on the emotion, you will never
make the transaction. Do not ask God what the transaction is to be, but make
the determination to surrender your will regarding whatever you see, whether it
is in the shallow or the deep, profound places internally.
If you have heard Jesus Christ’s
voice on the waves of the sea, you can let your convictions and your
consistency take care of themselves by concentrating on maintaining your
intimate relationship to Him.
AMEN! Take heed how and what you allow your ears to HEAR! Your success and prosperity depend on it! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with Voices of Freedom:
Shalom in Him!
