Yesterday Pastor Craig Groeschel gave a challenging sermon in his part 3 of the series Christmas Carols. It has lingered with me throughout yesterday and again today. (If you would like to watch it; check out Lifespringcf website or lifechurch.tv)
The challenge was regarding lordship of our lives and I know for me, I left really pondering the couple things I was still hanging on to.
Craig's point hit home when he gave his own version of Proverbs 3:5&6
It went something like this: "Trust in the Lord with some of your heart; and lean on your own understanding. In all your own acknowledge part of Him, and you can direct your own path." (Craig referred to this as the partially surrendered version).
He also drove the point home, but tearing pages from an old Bible. He was blunt with his challenge. Why would we be shocked at his tearing pages from the Bible, when there are times we ignore portions of God's word all the time? We might as well tear those pages out if we are not going to obey them, and learn from what those portions says.
That little babe who was born and spent his first night in a feeding trough; is LORD of all creation. Will we let Him be Lord?; Will we let him be where He belongs in our lives? That is more then central, but LORD; the lifesource of all we do and say. And further more, its not really about whether we let Him be or not; He IS LORD , whether we "let Him be or not".
I believe there is always more we can surrender; and more Father asks us to step away from and let Him be in the drivers seat about.
Philippians 2:6-8 NASB "... who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."
Do you see His willingness to give up everything. He was God, but did not cling to all the rights that came with being God. He held on to no rights - He let go!
What does verse 5 say to us? "Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus". It says that we are to have the same mindset as Jesus. To give up ALL rights.
Will we be partially surrendered to Him? The one who loves us, died for us, came to give us new life? or will we be totally surrendered, letting go of all of our "rights" that we think we have a right to hang on to. Will we let "the little LORD Jesus" be in His rightful place?
Til next time,
Jacqueline
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