Surrender.
That’s what I plan to do when I leave this world behind me to venture into the one God has called me toward. He is asking me to surrender ALL that I have to follow in Christ’s footsteps. I am not sure what all this entails, but I do know that I have never been more ready in my life.
Let’s back up a bit. How did I get to this point in life where I know God is calling me to the World Race? Let’s just say it has been a long time coming. The Lord has been turning my heart upside down, inside out, and back around again for the past two years. He got back me to church. He brought me in contact with the most sincere God-loving people; who have now become my best friends. He showed me how real His church can be. He showed me just how much I was missing out on. Are there really any words to adequately describe the love God has for each and every child in His Kingdom? Or just how far He will go to bring back one of His own? I am at a loss for words.
What I am not at a loss for is a desire to do anything and everything I can to follow the Creator of the ALL things. To follow the great, I Am. Too see His Kingdom grow. To tell, express, show, demonstrate, serve, pray, sing, dance, etc. with all the nations and every tribe. God has given me such a tremendous gift, so how can I not go and share it? God continues to bring me to my knees when He reminds me of the salvation and freedom I have graciously received, and then I am hear Him saying, “Alex, now go, it is your turn to share this with others. I have given to you, now you go give to them.” Okay, Father, I am listening. I am ready.
You always hear that you should pray that Gods will be done in your life. But for this to happen, your prayers have to be sincere and honest. And you also have to be ready for Gods response. Then comes the harder part, listening and following His call. And surrender. That is what leads me to the World Race.
I want to surrender it all. myself. my dreams. my expectations. my ‘American’ take on life. my material possessions. my comfort. my fears. my own-world.
I want to experience it all. HIM. HIS will for my life. HIS expectations of the life He created in me. HIS visions for the world and my place in it. I want Christ to come alive in me. I want to be dead to the ways of the world and made anew as a follower of Jesus. I want to surrender my life completely in God’s hands and journey with Him as He rocks my world in way I cannot yet fathom.
"I appeal to you therefore brothers, by the mercies of God,
to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God,
which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed
by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is good and acceptable and perfect."
Romans 12:1-2
