Devotion:
Read Galatians 2:19-20.
An angry and worried mother went to her church one day to meet with the Youth Director. The mother was upset that her very popular teenage daughter’s new-found devotion to Jesus Christ was taking away from her other interests and activities in school. “If she doesn’t stop living and breathing this Jesus stuff, she is not going to get elected as captain of the cheerleaders this year!” the distraught mother exclaimed. “Don’t you want her to be a Christian?” the surprised youth director asked. “Yes, of course,” said the mom, “but just not this much!”
We might click our tongues and shake our heads at this mother’s misplaced values. But we too often hold back parts of ourselves, our lives, and our interests from full immersion in the life of Christ. Paul did not have that problem, and he writes to encourage us to be all in. He says that we should think of ourselves as dead to the life of physical things, with that old life having been crucified with Christ. Now we live by faith in Christ, completely surrendered to our Lord.
Personal Worship Option:
Think about what aspects of your life you may be holding back from your full and complete surrender to Christ. Pray for the growth and strength of faith to also turn those over to Christ. I have found that the more I surrender, the closer I feel to Christ, who loves me.
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