The most potent truth that I have experienced lately is summed up in the title above: real breakthrough begins with raw surrender.
What is raw surrender? Well it is certainly not an easy position to be in. It is allowing every feeling to be felt, being completely honest before God, and then letting go and letting God's hands hold everything. It is being OK with not everything being OK and accepting that not all the questions have immediate answers. It is acting in obedience to God and continuing to worship and praise Him in the midst of waiting desperately for resolution and restoration. It is continuing to contend in prayer and laying still at the feet of Jesus in spite of circumstances. It is humble submission to letting Holy Spirit work in matters of the heart. And as I have found, when the point of true surrender to God is reached, God so graciously releases his healing and redemptive power. And I could go on about this topic, but I shall leave it as this pithy thought for now.
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And so December has begun. Though it feels as if Winter has arrived, Autumn is still technically the season. It is a time of T R A N S I T I O N As noted in the post before, it's as though I have been in an Autumn, a transition time, for a longer time than I would like. And I have had to go through a faith-testing process. And as I have discovered in past faith-testing seasons and have rediscovered in this one on a different level, God is patient and present. He is patient enough to put up with my questions and unloading. He is present with His comfort and His assurances when I finally settle down to be aware and listen. One of those times that I stopped wrestling and started resting, I continued the poem that was last posted. The poem now feels complete. Although I very well may edit it at some point as it was done as a free-flow. Here is the poem in its entirety. The *** indicates the continuation point. ~Waiting For The Shift~ And I shall end this post with these Scripture thoughts that have comforted me... Psalms 71:3 TPT |
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But I have come to give you everything in abundance, more than you expect--
life in its fullness until you overflow!
~ Jesus (from John 10:10, TPT)