Surrender and Fellowship

To reach the level of Christian living God wants for us, we must surrender all to Him. In Power in Prayer, Andrew Murray puts it this way: "Allow our Lord to take full possession of you and to show you how you may live and walk in abiding fellowship with Him" (Kindle, location 456).

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding" (Proverbs 3:5).

How glorious is that! As we grow in Christ and He in us, we become more like Him. We can call God our Father, because Christ came to earth to allow us that personal, intimate family connection. Isn't this what Christmas is all about? It still boggles my mind that I can have such a relationship with the God over all and fellowship with Him, but that's how he designed us. "And to meet with the Holy One, our heart must be wholly given over to His will" (Murray, loc. 501).

"Draw near to God and He will draw near to you..." (James 4:8a, NKJV).

Another amazing thing is that we don't have to do this on our own. Because this is according to His will, all we need is to really desire it, ask, and seek. 

"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened" (Matthew 7:7-8).

Sometimes we minimize who God is by our limited mind's concept of Him. If we understood who He truly is and what He wants to do for us, we would willingly give all that we have and all that we are to Him. We would surrender. "A soul cannot seek close fellowship with God or attain to a conscious waiting on Him without an entire surrender to His will" (Murray, loc. 504).

"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that Love him" (1 Conrinthians 2:9).

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