THE NARROW PATH TO RELATIONSHIP TO GOD - DAY 106

by Rev. Robert John Cericola, Carroll, OH - EUA  

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.