Have you ever stopped and wondered ‘why am I fighting so hard to protect this life that I am living?’ I am a living example of a broken human who fought the wrong fight for decades. The fight of perception. The fight of impression. The fight of comparison. The fight for the right to paaarrrty! (I may have borrowed that last statement.)
“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” 1 Timothy 6:12 NIV
We’re all in our own battle that we cannot win alone. Victory comes when we surrender. That’s the paradox of a life surrendered to Christ. We gain victory and life by surrendering and laying down our old life.
“Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 ESV
Surrendering the defeated, sinful life that we have all fought to build, keep, protect, clean, make right is the only step necessary for true and eternal victory. To walk in the complete freedom of that truth.
So today, you have permission to surrender everything and gain all. Jesus invites you to a life of peace and purpose by simply and completely surrendering. He desires to raise you up today, right now, in ultimate victory that only comes through him. He plans to send the Advocate (the Holy Spirit) to live within you. He desires to reveal true joy, true purpose, true hope…true life. He desires to see you live in the abundance of a life surrendered to Him.
You are made for so much more. Your life has a purpose for so much more. God desires you to ask for so much more. And it begins with the single step of surrender.
”The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8 ESV
Wave the white flag of victory and step into life victorious.