Responding to His Love!

On the Sunday the worship team was singing and the anointing of the Lord  began to move through the room. They began to sing about how holy, good, faithful, and righteous God is. As they ended the verse "Glory to righteous one" the worship leader then began to sing "I surrender all....all to you my savior... I surrender all!"

Every since Sunday I have been saying "Surrender should be my response to His Love."

Col 1:21-22 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your MIND by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight—

Reconciliation is the act of restoring a friendly relationship or t

he action of making one view or belief compatible with another.

  Jesus restored our friendship with the Father. God sent His son to live a sinless life, to do the work of the Father in the earth, to be persecuted for our transgressions, to die and to rise again so we can now have the mind of Christ. (Phil 2:5)
It was all because He loved us! The reality is, Jesus loved you even when you did not love yourself. In your MIND, because of sin, you may have thought he did not love you. The truth is, His Love for us outweighs our sins!

Rom 8:38-39 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from THE LOVE OF GOD which is in Christ Jesus our Lord

Because of sin and futile living we became alienated from Christ in our Mind.  But never forget HE LOVES YOU! When you keep this reality in your mind, you will respond differently to temptations and trials. The reality of this Love will cause sin to loose power over you. 

Col 1: 23 If indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast and are not moved away from the hope of the Gospel which you heard....

When you are grounded and steadfast in the HOPE OF THE GOSPEL (God's love through His son Jesus), you will live different. Christ has reconciled us and He is presenting us blameless before the Father. This is not by works but by grace (Eph 2:8-9). What an amazing gift. We have been gifted with the opportunity to have eternal life if we response to LOVE properly. It's not about preforming to get His Love. I always say, "my works is not to get Love; it's because of LOVE I WORK."  It's because of Love I turn away from sin and walk in my freedom. (Eph 2:10) We all are created for good works!!!

Rom 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?  Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?.... vs 12-13 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.  And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

Our response to Love should be walking in the newness of Life. It should be "I surrender all"

Col 3: IF indeed you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God. Set your MIND on things above not on things on the earth.

At one point our mind was controlled by sin. Sin blinds us from who God is and the Love He has shown us through His Son, Jesus. When we allow our MINDS to be transformed by the word of God, we will see how God loved us from the foundation of the earth. This knowledge is mind blowing, and it should change everything about us.

When our MIND is on God, Sin will no longer appeal to us. In comparison to Christ's Love, sin is a worthless pursuit. 

Let the knowledge of His love for you change you. Respond with Surrender!!!