Me:  Do you like the bees Prodigal?

Prodigal:  I wonder if I can go get some honey?

Me:  Don’t dig up more snakes than you can kill.

 

This is from the book The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer

 

Our Lord referred to this tyranny of things when He said to His disciples, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.  For whosoever will save his life shall lose it:  and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.”

Breaking this truth into fragments for our better understanding, it would seem that there is within each of us an enemy which we tolerate at our peril.  Jesus called it “life” and “self,” or as we would say, the self-life.  Its chief characteristic is its possessiveness:  the words “gain” and “profit”  suggest this. To allow this enemy to live is in the end to lose everything.  To repudiate it and give up all for Christ’s sake is to lose nothing at last, but to preserve everything unto life eternal.  And possibly also a hint is given here as to the only effective way to destroy this foe:  it is by the Cross.  “Let him take up his cross and follow me.”

 

There is a peace in letting go and surrendering it all to God. Surrender the opinions of others and hold on to Christ’s opinion of you.  Surrender the outcome of this trial.  The outcome is sure to glorify the Lord.  Surrender the blessings that you want, knowing that your relationship with Christ is sufficient for you.

 

Galatians 1:20

Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

 

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org