{"id":14184,"date":"2016-03-14T09:38:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T13:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=14184"},"modified":"2016-03-15T18:56:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T22:56:12","slug":"yielding-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=14184","title":{"rendered":"Yielding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u2026you are that one\u2019s slaves whom you obey\u2026 \u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?version=31&amp;search=Romans+6%3A16\" target=\"_blank\">Romans 6:16<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n<div class=\"mobile-sharing-button\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_p31gY0t4pA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe first thing I must be willing to admit when I begin to examine what controls and dominates me is that I am the one responsible for having yielded myself to whatever it may be. If I am a slave to myself, I am to blame because somewhere in the past I yielded to myself. Likewise, if I obey God I do so because at some point in my life I yielded myself to Him.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>If a child gives in to selfishness, he will find it to be the most enslaving tyranny on earth. There is no power within the human soul itself that is capable of breaking the bondage of the nature created by yielding. For example, yield for one second to anything in the nature of lust, and although you may hate yourself for having yielded, you become enslaved to that thing. (Remember what lust is\u2014 \u201cI must have it now,\u201d whether it is the lust of the flesh or the lust of the mind.) No release or escape from it will ever come from any human power, but only through the power of redemption. You must yield yourself in utter humiliation to the only One who can break the dominating power in your life, namely, the Lord Jesus Christ. \u201c\u2026He has anointed Me\u2026to proclaim liberty to the captives\u2026\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+4:18\">Luke 4:18<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+61:1\">Isaiah 61:1<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>When you yield to something, you will soon realize the tremendous control it has over you. Even though you say, \u201cOh, I can give up that habit whenever I like,\u201d you will know you can\u2019t. You will find that the habit absolutely dominates you because you willingly yielded to it. It is easy to sing, \u201cHe will break every fetter,\u201d while at the same time living a life of obvious slavery to yourself. But yielding to Jesus will break every kind of slavery in any person\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Journal Entry for-JDV<\/p>\n<p>March 14 2016<\/p>\n<p>Good Afternoon God, and thank you for waiting on me as I tried to plow through my workday yesterday and today\u2026.trying to get to writing my journal entry. But I know that reaching out and up to you is not something I can put off or wait to do. It is like \u201cmanna\u201d, it is to be fresh every day. And thank you for the reminder. This devotional seems to say that yielding is synonymous with surrender. And Chambers asks the question; do we surrender to You or do we surrender to other things like ourselves, or our personal dreams and desires. Do we yield to temptations, and or church activities that \u201cseem\u201d valuable and worthwhile but have their roots in our own ideas and perceptions? It seems to me that You have been teaching us to yield, or rather surrender to You all that we are and do and allow You to lead, guide and direct us. That we have no worries as long as we surrender to You and wait for your direction thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>And God says\u2026\u201d<em>Your ability to yield to Me and not to your own notions, feelings and understanding is manifest when you first surrender to Me. Trust in Me with all your heart and do not rely on your own understanding. Seek first the kingdom of God, which is Jesus and I will provide everything else you require, including the ability to surrender the rest of your personal agenda. Acknowledge Me in all your ways and I will make your paths straight. Delight yourself in the Lord and I will give you the desires of your surrendered and yielded heart.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026you are that one\u2019s slaves whom you obey\u2026 \u2014Romans 6:16 The first thing I must be willing to admit when I begin to examine what controls and dominates me is that I am the one responsible for having yielded myself to whatever it may be. 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