How many times has Jesus drawn near to us, whispered our names upon the wind, only for us to reply, "Not now Lord, I'm busy"? How many time have we invited him in, bu then try to control what he does while we are with him? "Don't touch that Jesus, here, let's focus on this issue that I have pre-selected for us to go over. Oh look, time's up, thanks for dropping by"? When will we realize that Jesus doesn't need our money, our great ideas, our ministries, or our hard work? He wants our hearts, our whole hearts and for some reason that's more than we are prepared to give. I know it's more than I am willing to give. I know what you're thinking,"How can he say that? I'm ready and willing to give Jesus my whole heart." Are you? Have you really thought about what that means? To let Jesus have access to you 24/7, shape and mold you, change you? It's one thing to jump around on Sunday and sing about giving Jesus your heart, it's quite another thing to walk it out.
Don't get me wrong it's what I want, I want to want to give him my whole heart. Fact is I'm afraid to. I know that Jesus is highly unpredictable, and I hate giving myself over to unpredictability. But I also know that complete surrender is a big piece of the puzzle of being happy and finding myself in him.
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