I had an absolutely splendid day at school today. There were a few mishaps and some funny moments but I embraced them.
Hmm... Embraced. When I think of the word embraced I think of the song Made To Worship by Chris Tomlin. There is a line in that song that really makes me think about Christianity.
" When you and I embrace surrender and you and I choose to believe you and I will see who we were meant to be"
Wow that is such a stupid line! It seems like it does not make any sense at all right? I mean how can a person embrace surrender? After I thought about it it makes complete sense and is very sound in doctrine. The Christian life does include you to surrender everything you have to God. The Christian life would require you to die to the world and to nail the deeds of flesh to the Cross. This sounds like a horrible thing, but when we do this and we do this with joy its as if Jesus enlarges and everything else is nothing but a small speck. Once we embrace,enjoy,and truly love surrendering our life we will be able to see who God intended for us to be.
Thinking about this made me in awe of God because of the recent message by my Pastor Ed. He spoke about Jesus death and resurrection.It was something that needed to be preached to me over and over again because I forget how much God loved us and about how much Jesus gave up for us lowly scum.
God is an almighty, perfect, holy, God that upholds the entire universe by the word of his power,but he decided to become the disgusting beings we are. That was love in itself. So when I see how much he suffered on that cross for my sins in my heart I am so glad to surrender my life to Jesus because I know that when I die I can walk into Heaven with my sins atoned because of Jesus who bore all of this wrath from God that I deserved. Knowing this is a such a great comfort. Knowing this washes away my anxieties. Knowing this makes me want to be more like Christ.
So now knowing this I am trying to go through School preaching the Gospel to myself, and surrendering more of my life to Christ.
-I can now say It is Well, It is Well with my Soul
What a keen observation, EJ. Embracing surrender, seemingly a contradiction of terms, is actually a profound way to look at the unique steps we take to committing ourselves to Christ.
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