Locking the Door
The house is not locked.
Neither is the room.
But there is a little cabinet in the corner of the room that is.
And maybe a particular section of our hearts are locked up, too.
Sometimes we forget what we have buried in our locked "cabinet" - in the depths of our hearts. We may not know that something is there. Then God reveals it to us. Before our very eyes, we see yet another sin exposed.
Is it because we fear God's wrath and judgement that we don't let Jesus walk into every single corner of our hearts? Or is our reaction to His knock on our hearts caused by something else?
Is it because we don't really trust God?
Maybe we should give Jesus the key to our locked cabinet.
But it's hard to do, isn't it? To let Him take control of your entire life.
Today in Spiritual Formation class, I found it very interesting to find several reasons as to why we are scared to give up all of ourselves to God. We naturally think that mission is the calling of God wanting us to go somewhere we don't want to. If we were to submit 100% of ourselves to Him - if we were to show how much we love Him by obeying His commands - that would mean stepping outside of our comfort zones.
And we definitely don't want to do that.
But how are we to be on fire for God if we lock the doors of our own hearts, shutting Jesus out of even one "cabinet" in our lives? How are we to teach others about trusting Him if we don't do it, ourselves? You can only teach others what you have already learned, yourself.
Today in Chapel, the idea of being on fire for God was mentioned.
We all know that if you're on fire, you stop, drop, and roll.
If we are on fire for God, we are to stop, drop, and listen in prayer.
God promised that when you seek Him, He will be found.
And sometimes we are so distracted by the "noise" surrounding us. We forget that we have to slow down.
If we want to follow Jesus, we must not run ahead of our leader.
As we go into this week and the weeks to follow, my prayer is that we would learn what it means to truly give up all of ourselves to Him. To hand Him the keys and let Him take 100% control of our lives. Or even that we may learn to stop, drop, and listen in prayer.
And still, in this busy life, noise surrounds us . . .
Neither is the room.
But there is a little cabinet in the corner of the room that is.
And maybe a particular section of our hearts are locked up, too.
Sometimes we forget what we have buried in our locked "cabinet" - in the depths of our hearts. We may not know that something is there. Then God reveals it to us. Before our very eyes, we see yet another sin exposed.
Is it because we fear God's wrath and judgement that we don't let Jesus walk into every single corner of our hearts? Or is our reaction to His knock on our hearts caused by something else?
Is it because we don't really trust God?
Maybe we should give Jesus the key to our locked cabinet.
But it's hard to do, isn't it? To let Him take control of your entire life.
Today in Spiritual Formation class, I found it very interesting to find several reasons as to why we are scared to give up all of ourselves to God. We naturally think that mission is the calling of God wanting us to go somewhere we don't want to. If we were to submit 100% of ourselves to Him - if we were to show how much we love Him by obeying His commands - that would mean stepping outside of our comfort zones.
And we definitely don't want to do that.
But how are we to be on fire for God if we lock the doors of our own hearts, shutting Jesus out of even one "cabinet" in our lives? How are we to teach others about trusting Him if we don't do it, ourselves? You can only teach others what you have already learned, yourself.
Today in Chapel, the idea of being on fire for God was mentioned.
We all know that if you're on fire, you stop, drop, and roll.
If we are on fire for God, we are to stop, drop, and listen in prayer.
God promised that when you seek Him, He will be found.
And sometimes we are so distracted by the "noise" surrounding us. We forget that we have to slow down.
If we want to follow Jesus, we must not run ahead of our leader.
As we go into this week and the weeks to follow, my prayer is that we would learn what it means to truly give up all of ourselves to Him. To hand Him the keys and let Him take 100% control of our lives. Or even that we may learn to stop, drop, and listen in prayer.
And still, in this busy life, noise surrounds us . . .
posted by Sharilyn | 6:28 p.m.
1 Comments:
Hi Sharilyn: What a great post!!! Thank you.You seem to be getting a lot out of your classes and chapel etc. That's good, because you turn around and share it with your readers and that always gives me something new to think about.When we think we've given 100% of ourselves to Him, He lovingly shows us that % we are still hanging on to.I think every day He wants us to give that % He shows us to Him and just go from there, each day giving more of ourselves until there is nothing left of self to hold on to.When He has it ALL, then people will see Jesus when they see us, and have been with us.I think that's going to take a lifetime for each of us, but, isn't it wonderful that He gives us that desire to keep on wanting more of Him and less of self as we seek to have that intimate relationship with Him every day. God Bless You Sharilyn, and keep on posting these thought provoking posts.
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