Surrender

When you hear of the word "surrender" what does it make you think of? Does it mean that you are trying to do all you can to have your own way, OR does it mean that you are willing to give up your own will for the sake of Loving another. By this word surrender, I am talking about learning how to and enjoying surrendering and laying down your will to our HEAVENLY FATHER. My reason for this is simple. We need to begin to look inside of ourselves and ask WHAT and WHO are we truly living for? Are we living for OURSELVES or are we living our lives every day, every single day for our KING! Please Listen carefully, to the quiet and the dear petitions of HIS heart while HE desperately is trying to say something to us, and He desperately wants us to LISTEN and to not drown HIM out just because it doesn't meet or satisfy our own AGENDA:
"MY CHILD,
MY DESIRE FOR YOU DEAR CHILD IS THAT YOU WILL LEARN TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO MY STILL SMALL VOICE IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE. MY CHILD, WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IS THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO LAY DOWN YOUR OWN DESIRES FOR THE THE THINGS OF MY HEART. FOR THE THINGS THAT I HAVE FOR YOU ARE TRULY BEAUTIFUL AND ARE TRULY SO GRAND. BUT YOU MUST FIRST, BE WILLING TO LISTEN AND TO HEAR WHAT I HAVE TO SAY TO YOUR HEART. TO YOUR VERY SOUL. TO EVERYTHING THAT BEATS INSIDE OF YOU. I WANT YOU TO LISTEN. OH MY CHILD, I DESPERATELY WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO MY HEART. TO BEGIN TO TUNE OUT THE THINGS OF THIS LIFE, SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO HEAR THE THING OF MY HEART, THE THINGS OF MY THRONEROOM. BUT YOU MUST FIRST SURRENDER, IN ORDER TO DO SO YOU MUST SURRENDER ALL THAT YOU HAVE AND ALL THAT YOU ARE. LAYING DOWN YOUR OWN DESIRES, AND WILLING TO PICK UP AND TAKE AND TO RECEIVE THE DESIRES THAT ARE IN MY HEART. MY CHILD, HOW I LONG TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL OF THE RICHES AND THE GLORIES OF HEAVEN, BUT YOU MUST BE LISTENING AND WANTING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MY HEART. REMEMBER, I AM A GENTLEMAN...I WILL NEVER FORCE YOU TO DO ANYTHING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO. BUT MY DESIRE FOR YOU DEAR LITTLE ONE, IS THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO DISCERN MY HEART, MY STILL SMALL VOICE. IF YOU LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY YOU CAN HEART IT. THIS IS WHAT I DESIRE FOR YOU DEAR ONE. TO SURRENDER TO ME. TO LAY IT ALL DOWN. TO LAY DOWN YOUR PRIDE. TO LAY DOWN YOUR OWN DESIRES. YOUR OWN DREAMS. YOUR OWN WISHES. AND INSTEAD TAKE MY OWN. LEARN TO WANT TO HAVE MY OWN DREAMS BECOME YOUR OWN. IN ORDER TO DO SO YOU MUST BE WILLING TO TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND TO FOLLOW AFTER ME. FOLLOWING AFTER ME, AND FORSAKING ALL THE THINGS OF THIS LIFE. YES, MY CHILD I HAVE INDEED CALLED YOU TO BE DIFFERENT. I HAVE CALLED YOU TO BE SET APART FROM YOUR PEERS. MY REASON FOR THIS SIMPLE, I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO YOUR PEERS WITH MY LOVE. AND ONE OF THE WAYS YOU WILL DO THIS IS BY SURRENDER. LAYING DOWN YOUR OWN DESIRES AND TAKING UP MINE. WHAT THIS MEANS IN TERMS IS THAT YOUR LIFE IS NO LONGER YOUR OWN, BUT THAT NOW YOUR LIFE BELONGS TO ME. THAT YOU ARE MY CHILD. FOR I HAVE GIVEN YOU A NEW HEART. AND YOU NO LONGER DESIRE OR WISH TO BE APART OF THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THE WORLD HAS TO GIVE OR EVEN BEGIN TO OFFER YOU. FOR IT BEGINS AND CONTINUES TO PALE IN FULL COMPARISON TO THE PLANS AND THE DESIGNS THAT I HAVE CHOSEN FOR YOUR LIFE AND AROUND YOUR LIFE. EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY, BEGIN BY THANKING ME FOR THE THINGS AND THE WORK THAT I AM DOING IN YOUR LIFE. THANKING ME FOR CHANGING YOU FROM THE INSIDE OUT. PERFECTING YOU, TO BE SOMEONE AFTER MY OWN HEART. NOT ONLY IN WORD, BUT ALSO IN DEED. DEPARTING AND RENOUNCING AND CUTTING OFF THE THINGS OF THIS LIFE, AND FORSAKING ALL THAT IS OF THIS WORLD. AND PARTAKING IN THE THINGS OF MY HEART. THAT THE THINGS THAT BREAK MY HEART, WILL CAUSE YOUR HEART TO BREAK. FOR NOW, YOU ARE SEEING AND ARE HEARING AND ARE FEELING THROUGH MY SPIRIT. FOR ONCE, YOU HAD A HEART OF STONE, BUT I HAVE NOW GIVEN YOU A HEART OF FLESH. IN THE WORLD YOU DID NOT KNOW ME OR RECOGNIZE ME. BUT NOW MY CHILD, YOU DO, AND YOU CALL ME,'ABBA FATHER.' REMEMBER, MY CHILD, THAT I WILL NEVER LEAVE THEE NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE. I TOLD YOU IN MY WORD THAT, 'LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS. EVEN UNTIL THE END OF THE AGE.' THIS PROMISE THAT I LEAVE AND I GIVE WITH YOU, WILL ALWAYS STAY THE SAME. I AM FAITHFUL TO MY WORD. I AM NOT A GOD THAT SHOULD LIE. FOR ALL OF MY WORDS FAITHFUL AND TRUE. I AM THE GOD OF YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVERMORE. MY WAYS ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH. COME UNTO ME ALL WHO ARE WEARY AND ARE HEAVY LAYDENED, AND I SHALL GIVE YOU REST. FOR I AM THE FRIEND THAT STICKETH CLOSER THAN A BROTHER. REMEMBER, GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN WOULD LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. MY DEAR BELOVED, I GAVE AND SHED MY BLOOD FOR YOU 2,000 YEARS AGO ON CALVARY. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. KNOW THIS, AND BE SATISFIED. MY LOVE FOR YOU IS STILL THE SAME. IT HAS NEVER CHANGED. THOUGH THE EARTH BE SHAKEN AND THE MOUNTAIN BE MOVED. I SHALL NEVER CHANGE. AND I HAVE NEVER CHANGED. I AM THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER. 'LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS. EVEN UNTIL THE END OF THE AGE. CALL UPON ME, AND I WILL SHALL ANSWER YOU AND TELL YOU GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW. REMEMBER, DRAW NEAR TO ME, AND I WILL DRAW NEAR TO YOU. I AM THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER MORE. MY WAYS ARE NEVERCHANGING, I AM NEVER CHANGING. I STAY BY MY WORD. I DO NOT BREAK MY WORD MY BELOVED. MY WORDS ARE FAITHFUL AND TRUE. IT ALWAYS SHALL BE. I AM THE BEGINNING AND THE END. THE FIRST AND THE LAST. I AM HE WHO WAS, WHO IS, AND WHO IS TO COME. I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA. THE BEGINNING AND THE END. CALL UPON ME, AND I WILL ANSWER YOU AND WILL SHOW YOU GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS WHICH YOU DO NOT KNOW. KNOW THIS, AND BE SATISFIED. MY BELOVED BRIDE, I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, NOW AND THROUGHOUT ALL ETERNITY. TRUE HUNGER AND TRUE SATISFACTION IS ONLY FOUND IN AND THROUGH AND BY TRUE TRUE SURRENDER. SURRENDERING AND LAYING DOWN ALL THAT YOU ARE TO ME. ALL THAT YOU HAVE AND ALL THAT YOU ARE. THIS WILL ALSO RESULT IN TRUE FREEDOM, BECAUSE YOU WILL FIND YOUR TRUE VALUE AND WORTH IN WHO I AM, BECAUSE YOU SURRENDERED YOUR ALL, YOUR VERY ALL TO ME. I LOVE YOU, OH HOW I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU NOW AND THROUGHOUT ALL ETERNITY :)!
I LOVE YOU,
~JESUS
P.S. I CANNOT WAIT TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH ME. WHERE ALL TEARS AND PAIN SHALL BE NO MORE! I CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH ME. OH MY BRIDE, GET READY. GET READY FOR THE THINGS THAT I AM ABOUT TO DO! IN AND THROUGH YOU BECAUSE YOU SURRENDERED YOUR ALL---YOUR VERY ALL TO ME. HOLDING NOTHING BACK. CARING NOTHING FOR YOURSELF OR FOR YOUR OWN DESIRES. BUT ONLY THAT OF MY PERFECT WILL FOR YOUR LIFE, AND SERVING ME. THANK YOU-THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING TO OBEY ME AND LISTEN TO MY STILL SMALL VOICE. EVEN WHEN THERE WERE OTHER NOISES AND THINGS THAT YOU COULD HAVE VERY WELL LISTENED TO. YOU LISTENED TO ME! THANK YOU! A THOUSAND TIMES THANK YOU. WELL DONE, THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT! GET READY TO SOMEDAY RECEIVE YOUR REWARD. MY HEART LEAPS AT THE THOUGHT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE PLANNED AND WILL BE PLAYED OUT IN YOUR LIFE ALL BECAUSE YOU CHOSE TO SURRENDER ALL THAT YOU ARE TO ME! I LOVE YOU, OH' MY BRIDE I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU NOW AND THROUGHOUT ALL ETERNITY! I LOVE YOU! I WILL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU AND GOING GOOD TO YOU AND THROUGH YOU AND EVERYONE AND THOSE THAT ARE AROUND YOU. BECAUSE YOU CHOSE TO SURRENDER ALL THAT YOU ARE AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE TO ME! I LOVE YOU! MY PRECIOUS BRIDE I LOVE YOU! KNOW THAT AND BE SATISFIED. KNOW THAT I AM CHEERING YOU ON. EVERY SINGLE STEP OF THE WAY. KNOW THAT AND BE SATISFIED. KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU AND CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH ME FOR ALL ETERNITY! WHERE TEARS AND PAIN AND GRIEF AND SORROW SHALL BE NO MORE!"

When you are reading the WORDS of this Song be yet and yet again just be reminded of how much of how MUCH HE LOVES YOU,,HOW MUCH HE HAS ALWAYS LOVED YOU :)
The Potter's Hand:
Beautiful Lord, Wonderful Saviour
I know for sure, all of my days are held in Your hands, crafted
into Your perfect plan
You gently call me into Your presence guiding me by Your Holy Spirit
Teach me dear Lord to live all of my life through Your eyes
I'm captured by Your holy calling
Set me apart, I know You're drawing me to Yourself
Lead me Lord I pray

Take me, Mould me, use me, fill me
I give my life to the Potter's Hand
Call me, guide me, lead me, walk beside me
I give my life to the Potter's Hand

You gentlly call me into Your presence guidin me by Your Holy Spirit
teach me dear Lord to live through Your eyes
I'm captured by Your holy calling
set me apart, I know Your drawing me to Yourself
lead me Lord I pray


Inspirational Promises by Jessica M. Farnam
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