Meditation 106
Total Surrender
Acts 9:1–6 (NKJV) Then
Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord,
went to the high priest and asked letters from him to the synagogues of
Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he
might bring them bound to Jerusalem. As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and
suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. Then he fell to the ground, and
heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” And he
said, “Who are You, Lord?” Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are
persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.” So he,
trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” Then the
Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what
you must do.”
Saul, later
known as Paul, is an example of a person actively pursuing a self-centered life.
He was zealous of his Jewish beliefs and interested in advancing his career by
pursing and persecuting Christians. With letters from the high priest in hand,
Saul was on a one hundred and fifty miles persecution mission to Damascus when
the light, Jesus Christ, blinded his eyes and confronted his
self-centered. Saul astonished and
trembling on the ground cried out, “Who are you Lord?” And with those words
Saul’s lord ship of his self-centered life was surrendered to Christ. Whether
your conversion was dramatic as Saul’s or a quiet experience the key is to
surrender totally to Christ by taking up your cross to crucify your
self-centered life.
Crucifixion
was a slow agonizing death that could take several days. For a Christian
crucifixion of the self-centered life is a struggle that will go on until one
finally surrenders totally to Christ.
Ending Thoughts
The Narrow
Path is where the cross of Christ is applied to your life as you deny your
selfish desires and surrender to His will. Remember your foot steps are ordered
by the Lord to bring you to complete surrender and fellowship with Him. So stop
struggling, just pray and obey and He will do the rest.