Surrender

Will I surrender to the gospel of Jesus Christ? The true gospel? The true gospel states that through faith in Jesus Christ is the only thing, may I mention twice, the only thing that sets us free from our sin. There are no favorites. Jesus died for all of mankind and if someone accepts His awesome gift, then we are saved. We cannot work or earn our way into heaven. Although we may try, it really is just dead works. There is nothing we can do to make God love us even more. God will love me just the same. I have been set free from the power of sin. I don't steal, cheat, con people, or do anything like that. However, I need to stay in step with the Spirit of God. Galatians states, 5: 19-23 When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarrelling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God. But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulnes, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!

The sinful nature has been crucified to Christ, so how can I still follow the desires of my sinful nature? It's only by forgetting that my sinful nature has been crucified with Christ. And it's by not following after the Spirit of Christ. How can we constantly keep in step with the Spirit of Christ? We have to forget our own agenda. How do we do this when it seems like following after the Spirit of Christ will mean not doing certain things. Like when it's coming close to going to a class, or going to work, or having to be somewhere on time. Mainly going to work is one of the big things. I sometimes feel like there's more work for me to do regarding ministry and I have to cut it short and go to work. I thereby do not feel as if I am truly following after the Spirit. I feel I have an agenda. The only way to deal with this is to be in full time ministry, however, we need to be able to support ourselves and have a way to do that. Self employment can definitely be useful in these situations and looking for ways to become self employed are what may work for someone who has their mind set on full time ministry. We can always ask for forgiveness when we fall short of following after the Spirit and God will forgive us of all sin. Let me press forward to stay in step with the Spirit tomorrow. When I do not want to follow after the Spirit it is also times when I think I have an agenda to keep, such as I have to go to the grocery store at such and such time, or I have to do my laundry at such and such time. I must daily surrender my activities to the Lord and let Him lead me and guide. I also want to be used by Him and as an evangelist that is mainly at times I am not thinking of being used. Let me draw nearer to Him and spend time with Him and be as the disciple who rested on His chest and receive the love I need to be able to go out and minister to others.

May God Bless each one who reads this!