Total Surrender
The moment you surrender to The LORD, He will fill
you with His Spirit. It doesn’t require a bucket of tears to be filled with The
Spirit. All it takes is a total surrender to Christ and willingness to embrace
His precious Holy Spirit. Total surrender brings total infilling and total
submission brings total fellowship. Just as in marriage, you’ve got to work at
it every day.
“Jesus, I
love You.”
“Father, I
adore You.”
“Precious
Holy Spirit, I long for Your fellowship.”
If you neglect communicating just one day, the next
time it’s a little harder.
What happens to a marriage when one partner ignores
the other? After a short period of time bitterness begins to enter the heart.
Words begin to cut like a sharp knife. Soon the animosity turns to anger,
jealousy, and even worse. For many it results in separation, divorce, and
hatred. But the rift can so easily be mended. All it takes is a fresh surrender
that comes from your very soul. And a renewing of the vow to “love, honor, and
cherish.”
The same thing will happen if you neglect The LORD.
You will develop bitterness and anger. Suddenly you will be out of fellowship
with The LORD. That’s what happened to the children of Israel in the
wilderness. They began to complain, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt!”
“If only we had died in this wilderness!”
“Why has The LORD brought us to this land to fall by
the sword?” (Num.14:2-3).
And The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “How long
shall I bear with this evil congregation who murmur against Me?” (v.27).
The children of Israel went from saying, “The LORD
is GOD,” to complaining wouldn’t it be better to return to Egypt?.”
What caused the change?
They stopped seeking Him, and their hearts became
hardened. And before they understood what was happening, they had forsaken Him.
Don’t let a day go by without a fresh surrender to
The LORD. Paul wrote, “Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward
man is being renewed day by day” (2 Cor. 4:16).
I believe it is GOD’s Will for you to be continually
filled with The Holy Spirit. Paul leaves no doubt that it is The Father’s Will
that The Holy Spirit should abide in every believer.
Say these words of prayer:
Live in me, blessed Holy Spirit.
Let my heart become Your habitation.
Flow in me.
Holy Spirit flow in me.
Let my heart become a healing
fountain.
Let Your spring of living water set my
spirit free.
In Jesus Mighty Name
Amen.