“I submit my will to yours, I surrender all to you. I’m tired of running, I’m tired of hiding, I’ve tried my way. Lord I give my life to you. I know there’s more that you desire. No longer abusing, The grace and mercy, You give to me. With my hands upraised, Crying out for you I cry out to you. Lord, show me your glory. I want to feel your glory. Lord, show me your glory. I want to see you. Show me your glory I want to feel your glory. Lord, show me your glory. I’m ready to go, Beyond Beyond!”

As I was listening to the lyrics to this song, tears literally came to my eyes, because there’s so much more that I feel that I can do. These are the desires of my heart. To live for Jesus, to completely submit my will to his and to truly surrender my all to him. I want to die to self, so that he can live in and through me. In this day and age it is weird and uncommon to want to seek after God and his kingdom. The world thinks you’re not cool when you choose to want to do better, be better and live a kingdom lifestyle. They rather you be interested in sex, money, fame and power. I was on social media yesterday and was baffled by what I saw. The singer Ciara reposted a snippet of a sermon by Pastor John Gray and he was saying that single Christian women should carry themselves a certain way. They should carry themselves like they’re already someone’s wife instead of waiting to find a man and then trying to change. He was speaking about changing your character to match that of God’s character. I applauded and co-signed that message. To me it was reminiscent of the parable of the 5 wise virgins and the 5 foolish ones. The 5 wise virgins were ready. They were in the mindset that their groom was coming so they were ready and waiting, whereas the 5 foolish virgins started getting ready when he came and therefore missed their opportunity. But everyone didn’t see it that way. People were angry with her for posting that and I was taken aback and baffled. She later explained herself in another post because of all the backlash that she was getting. I personally wished that she didn’t. I’m sure if she was posting about something worldly it wouldn’t have gotten the same negative response. I do understand her position as a celibrity, however. In retrospect, I shouldn’t be surprised. I have to keep reminding myself that as Christians we are held to a higher standard and nonbelievers won’t understand or comprehend why we do the things that we do. We are governed by a different set of rules and we answer to a higher power. I don’t know about you, but I want my life to be reflective of my saviors. I don’t want to live a mediocre Christian life. This Christian walk is hard and it’s full of ups and downs, but I rather be on this journey than be lost in the world. The Bible says so as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the days of the son of Man. God is coming soon. There are signs all around and we need to be watchful and ready. God is looking for people who aren’t afraid to stand up for what they believe in. He’s looking for people who can live in this world and not be of this world. He’s looking for people who aren’t worried about being liked and popular. He’s looking for disciples. He’s looking for people that will not conform to this world! Hes looking for people who are not afraid to spread his gospel no matter what others may think or how they may feel. He’s looking for you and I. Let’s continue to live unapologetically and out Loud for Jesus. My prayer for you and I, is that we will exude the character of Jesus through our thoughts, words and actions. That we will not be afraid to speak our truth and spread the gospel. That we would be like Job, and Simon, Paul, and Ruth and Esther and Daniel and the 3 Hebrew boys. Like the songwriter says, “you can have all this world but give me Jesus”. I pray that this is your desire today. Happy Monday and have a blessed week! ❤️

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