True Intimacy Begins With Total Surrender

How surrendered are you to the Master's will and way? It's easy to say, "yes", when He asks us to do things that are easy. I can love my neighbor, as myself, because chances are that being kind to someone I barely know does not require as much from me as loving my stubborn spouse or an obstinate child. 

The more time that we spend in His Presence, the more that we begin to see ourselves, just as we are. When He shows us ourselves, He wants us to acknowledge our weakness and to rely upon Him more for His grace (enabling power). 

We understandably fear the place of total surrender because it means less of what we want and more of what He wants! Yet, this is exactly what He asks from all of us. He asks us to deny ourselves, take up our crosses, and follow Him. Follow Him where? To the place of "death"! 

How easy is it for us to die to our will when He asks us to give up the very thing that we cherish most in this life?

If you have true intimacy with Him, the place of surrender is the place where we give Him our plans, dreams, schemes, and wills, in exchange for His.

He is calling all of us to that next level of surrender, will you say, "yes!"