Surrender
The Holiday's are upon us, the year is coming to an end, and I am not ready. Things have honestly been a little hard over the past couple weeks and I desperately I wish there was more time to sort things out before the year ends. It's hard to go into a new year positively when the previous one ended so badly.
Holidays are hard for my family though sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who struggles with them. Because my parents are immigrants, we've never really had family to spend holidays with. Getting through them can seem like a chore and it's so frustrating for me, especially since Christmas is only 6 days from the end of the year. I struggle enough with positivity without my emotions getting in the way. As cliché as it is, I forget that Jesus is the reason for the season. More than that, he's the reason why I'm alive, why I have been able to get through all the rough times in my life. I hate that I forget that so easily. I'm not the only one. There are times when I feel like such a bad Christian because I'm not constantly praying and thinking about God. When it comes down to it, he's the only one who can change me and the way I see things. I'm never going to be successfully positive unless I make room for God to help me. Without Him, I'll just go back to my old ways and old habits.
Surrender is talked about a lot in the bible. Throughout the four gospels, we see Jesus talk about losing your life in order to find it. In order to be saved, we have to commit our hearts and our lives to God and ask him to come into those places. One of the members of our church preached an offering message recently and what he said was this; it's easy to invite God into your house. You've already cleaned the kitchen, the living room, even the bedrooms but what God wants to do is get into your attic or your basement. He wants to see the skeletons in the closets. God wants your complete trust so that He can have an intimate, committed relationship with you. That's why Jesus was sent here, to live and to die. The curtain was torn so that we could approach God ourselves and we could have a relationship with the one who created us. I think that in the glory and glamour, it's easy to forget that Easter is the end destination of Christmas. It's easy to forget that Jesus is why we're celebrating.
It also said that Christmas is the season of giving. It's part of why we give presents this time of year. This year though, I want to focus on giving up my life. I can tell God I trust Him all I want but until I actually let Him in my closets and the attic of my life, they're just empty words. Let's really give this season by recommitting our lives to God. Let's be open and honest with Him. Let's surrender who we are. That's the only way we can be who God's called us to. He's the only one who can love us fully, the one who already does. When we walk in the confidence of being fully known and fully loved by God, when we remember that, then we can walk into each day, year, each moment positively.
Holidays are hard for my family though sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who struggles with them. Because my parents are immigrants, we've never really had family to spend holidays with. Getting through them can seem like a chore and it's so frustrating for me, especially since Christmas is only 6 days from the end of the year. I struggle enough with positivity without my emotions getting in the way. As cliché as it is, I forget that Jesus is the reason for the season. More than that, he's the reason why I'm alive, why I have been able to get through all the rough times in my life. I hate that I forget that so easily. I'm not the only one. There are times when I feel like such a bad Christian because I'm not constantly praying and thinking about God. When it comes down to it, he's the only one who can change me and the way I see things. I'm never going to be successfully positive unless I make room for God to help me. Without Him, I'll just go back to my old ways and old habits.
Surrender is talked about a lot in the bible. Throughout the four gospels, we see Jesus talk about losing your life in order to find it. In order to be saved, we have to commit our hearts and our lives to God and ask him to come into those places. One of the members of our church preached an offering message recently and what he said was this; it's easy to invite God into your house. You've already cleaned the kitchen, the living room, even the bedrooms but what God wants to do is get into your attic or your basement. He wants to see the skeletons in the closets. God wants your complete trust so that He can have an intimate, committed relationship with you. That's why Jesus was sent here, to live and to die. The curtain was torn so that we could approach God ourselves and we could have a relationship with the one who created us. I think that in the glory and glamour, it's easy to forget that Easter is the end destination of Christmas. It's easy to forget that Jesus is why we're celebrating.
It also said that Christmas is the season of giving. It's part of why we give presents this time of year. This year though, I want to focus on giving up my life. I can tell God I trust Him all I want but until I actually let Him in my closets and the attic of my life, they're just empty words. Let's really give this season by recommitting our lives to God. Let's be open and honest with Him. Let's surrender who we are. That's the only way we can be who God's called us to. He's the only one who can love us fully, the one who already does. When we walk in the confidence of being fully known and fully loved by God, when we remember that, then we can walk into each day, year, each moment positively.
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