By Paul Chappell
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good,
and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
Romans 12:1-2
When D.L. Moody was just starting in the ministry he heard a
preacher say, "The world has yet to see what God can do with a man fully
surrendered to Him." Moody that night said, "By God’s grace I’ll be
that man!" It is said that Moody shook two continents for God and over a
million souls came to Christ under his preaching and ministry. Moody had little
formal education, and he was not a polished speaker. But God greatly used his
life.
At a memorial service some years after Moody’s death,
Evangelist R.A. Torrey who had been one of his closest friends said, "The
first thing that accounts for God’s using D.L. Moody so mightily was that he
was a fully surrendered man. Every ounce of that two-hundred-and-eighty-pound
body of his belonged to God; everything he was and everything he had, belonged
wholly to God."
When we surrender our purpose and will to God and allow Him
to use us as He sees fit, amazing things happen. The world is shaken not by the
wise, the mighty, the intelligent, or the skilled, but by those who have
yielded to God. Paul said it was "reasonable" for us to surrender our
lives, but many today seem to think that it is too much to ask. Instead of
surrendering, they cling tightly to their own desires and interests. How much
better it is both for us and for a world in need if we surrender and let God
choose our path!
Today's Rooted Principle:
A surrendered and empowered life can shake the world. Are
you willing to be that fully surrendered person for God?
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