COMPLETE SURRENDER

It starts with a proper understanding of faith: To have faith in God is to believe in, trust in, cling to, and rely upon God, wholly submitted to His will… His word. Faith is willing not to have what God is not willing to give, and it does not insist on an explanation.

It is more than enough to know God promises to give what is good, since He knows so much more about “good” than we do.

“Be holy, for I am holy.” We are called to pursue and be partakers of His holiness… His ultimate good.

Without holiness -- without Christ formed in us -- no one shall see God. This would not be good!

So, when we say yes to God’s call He takes our yes seriously... literally, and invites us into His operating room. The Father’s wooing call is a two-edged sword that meets willingness with love surgery, paring the callus from hardened hearts.

We must surrender, our body’s needs, our soul’s desires, our spirit’s loneliness, our mind’s fears, and our heart’s loves -- ultimately surrendering our independence and our will to will anything differently then God wills -- all to our Lord and Savior.

And, there must be certainty in our response, a willingness not to have what God is not willing to give… Self rule, that we might have what He desires to give… Lordship, Himself indwelling our hearts and living His life through us. 

The Holy Spirit is, operationally, the mind of Christ indwelling us. Cohabitation with Self is simply not possible. 

God’s purpose is not to torment our nature, Self, but to kill it. No half measures will do, the whole of Self must die to make way for the divine nature of Christ to manifest and flourish in us.

We must allow the Holy Spirit to do His transforming work in us if we are to mature spiritually, live in the center of God’s will, and manifest Christ to the world as “sons of God led by the Spirit of God.”

In short: We must become People of One Thing… Jesus!

The “Consuming Fire” -- the Love that made the worlds -- will never rest... or let us rest, until we are literally perfect, the perfect reflection of our perfect Savior.

Christlikeness is our destiny and our only hope of eternal glory.

God is not an uncertain God…

NOTHING MORE IS NEEDED...

NOTHING LESS WILL DO…