there is nothing left
no purpose for anything
even tears have run dry
hope, they say, is hard to kill
but that has been done too
my heart on a platter
my soul at the stake
my spirit broken
i have prayed
"Lord, i will go
wherever You send me
even some remote village
and serve You there
all the days of my life
and never question
only surrender"
"Lord, i will lay down
my life for Your purpose
even if it means death
i pray You give me courage
all the days of my life
to never question
only surrender"
the day has come
He has asked of me
something far more difficult
that is, to give up
someone i love so dearly
but i was unwilling
i questioned, pleaded, hoped
but He kept asking
the time has come
to surrender, to release
and as i unclench my fists
crumble to the ground
face in the dust
tears pouring out
i realize...
now i'm ready
to surrender completely
everything has been taken
nothing is left
stripped naked and helpless
as the day i was born
now, all attachments severed
i can go to that remote village
all reason for living forfeited
i can offer my life
even if it means death
nothing to hold on to
no one to walk with
i am alone
with Jesus
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Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to completely let go. More often we think we're letting go, but that's all it is, letting go, not let go. We still hold on to things we shouldn't when all He wants is for us to let go so He can take control.
I only have your blog to go by, but it looks like you're in a place where I've been this past year. And not just me, but more than a few people that I've talked to. It seems like in every case God needed us to let go of something that was keeping us from where He needed us to be. It might be temporary. It might be permanent. But for each of us it became clear, that where we were was not where God wanted us to be at that moment.
It's amazing what you see when you step back from the things you hold on to, and He reveals what He has for you right now. That's when everything changes.
waiting for that revelation.
Funny, I just saw this on my friend's Facebook profile: "Habakkuk 2:3 not NIV."
It's all about timing. His timing. And all we can do is wait. But not sit and wait, because if we sit and wait we miss out on everything else around us. The answer will come, it will surely come, wait for it, but get on with the rest of your life and the plans He has waiting for you. Don't worry about the answer, because he's got it under control.
FYI, I still haven't found my answer. All I know is that I've found so much more to his purpose for me than wondering what's going to happen. All i know is what is happening right now, and when the time comes, he'll show me the answer I was looking for. All I can do is be satisfied in Him and what He's doing right now with me. The rest, the future, will fall into place when it comes.
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