I don’t know about you, but I am amazed at how often I pray, “Father, save me from this hour,” rather than, “Father, glorify your name!” (John 12:27-28) It shows me where my true allegiances lie. I am much more committed to my own comfort and ease than I am to God being glorified in my life and world. It’s really pretty sad.
Life with God is about absolute surrender and total abandonment. My problem is that I want a little bit of
surrender and partial abandonment, which is impossible. Surrender doesn’t really happen if I am
holding anything back. And abandonment
that is partial, is not really abandonment at all.
Jesus is trying to move me form a “less of me, more of him” mentality,
to a “none of me, all of him” mindset.
That’s why he said, “Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground AND
DIES,” (John 12:24) rather than, “Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and becomes
less.” The death of self is a necessity
in glorifying God. Jesus did it, and
calls us to do the same. We must die to
self, in order to live in God. There is
no half way.
O Lord, forgive me when I care more
about my own comfort than I do about your glory. Give me the strength and the grace and the courage to pray, with Jesus,
“Father, glorify your name!” Amen.
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