Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God … Deuteronomy 6:4-5
In a church service held in South America … As the pastor passionately called his flock to yield their lives to Jesus, one of the people in attendance took a white hankie out of his pocket and started waving it in the air. Then another, and another. With tears running down their cheeks, they were expressing full surrender to Christ.
But I wonder if there was more to the moment than the flags of surrender. I think they were waving flags of love to God. When God told His people to “love the Lord your God” … it was in the context of His urging them to surrender their lives to Him.
From God’s point of view … It is always about relationship—relationship in which surrender is the way we express our grateful love to Him. Jesus, in amazing love for us, surrendered Himself on the cross to rescue us from our helpless bondage to sin and set us free!
Today … let’s show Him our love by surrendering our hearts and lives to follow Him! … Leroy