Jesus, I need to give myself up. I am not strong enough to love You and walk with You on my own. I can’t do it, and I need You. I need You deeply and desperately. I believe You are worth it, that You are better then anything else I could have in this life or the next. I want You. And when I don’t I want to want You. Be all in me. Take all of me. Have Your way with me.
I want you, I need you,
I want to believe you
It is true that God may have called you to be exactly where you are. But it’s absolutely vital to grasp that He didn’t call you there so you could settle in and live out your life in comfort and superficial peace. His purposes are not random or arbitrary. If you are still alive on this planet, it’s because He has something for you to do. He placed us on this earth for purposes that He orchestrated long before we were born (Eph. 2:8-10).
Do you believe you exist not for your own pleasure but to help people know the love of Jesus and to come fully alive in Him? If so, then that will shape how you live your life in the place where you are.
Let Us Die.
“When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Let us pray that today we go and die well.
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We need to teach our students the magnitude and the truth of the name of Jesus before we get them chanting it at retreats and plastering it all over their lives.
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And then I wonder…
Do I really, truly, completely rely on God?
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We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
