God’s Total Surrender to Us

March 13th, 2013 by JDVaughn Leave a reply »

For God so loved the world that He gave . . . —John 3:16


Salvation does not mean merely deliverance from sin or the experience of personal holiness. The salvation which comes from God means being completely delivered from myself, and being placed into perfect union with Him. When I think of my salvation experience, I think of being delivered from sin and gaining personal holiness. But salvation is so much more! It means that the Spirit of God has brought me into intimate contact with the true Person of God Himself. And as I am caught up into total surrender to God, I become thrilled with something infinitely greater than myself.

 

To say that we are called to preach holiness or sanctification is to miss the main point. We are called to proclaim Jesus Christ (see 1 Corinthians 2:2). The fact that He saves from sin and makes us holy is actually part of the effect of His wonderful and total surrender to us.

If we are truly surrendered, we will never be aware of our own efforts to remain surrendered. Our entire life will be consumed with the One to whom we surrender. Beware of talking about surrender if you know nothing about it. In fact, you will never know anything about it until you understand that John 3:16 means that God completely and absolutely gave Himself to us. In our surrender, we must give ourselves to God in the same way He gave Himself for us— totally, unconditionally, and without reservation. The consequences and circumstances resulting from our surrender will never even enter our mind, because our life will be totally consumed with Him.

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Journal Entry for Today-JDV

March 13, 2013

Lord, I pray that this day I will recall the magnitude of Your surrender as I seek our intimate relationship. I pray that You will fill me with Your Spirit and keep me mindful of all that You have given. Thank You for Your total surrender, and I ask that You help me totally surrendered to You.

And God says…”You can be surrendered to Me out of love, not obligation. I do not want you surrendered to me because you feel compelled to out of some sense of duty. Your true surrender can only come out of love as you are transformed by the Holy Spirit. Seek first the Kingdom of God, which is Jesus, and everything else becomes clear. “

 

 

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