The Lord gave up His life to God; why can’t we give up our lives to the Lord?
Your Moment at the Well
The Lord’s insight. Give what is dying of your to the Lord and He will bring to life that which death wants of yours.
Mark 15:39: “Truly this Man was the Son of God.”
1 Corinthians 15:51: “Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all die, but we shall all be changed.
Scripture says just before Jesus died darkness came over all the earth for about three hours. It says the sun was also darkened and the veil of the temple was torn in two pieces. It says Jesus cried out “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.”
We have a God whose Purpose it is to serve us; He will never stop fulfilling His Purpose. We know that God is eternal, but it is also reassuring to know there can never be an end to our God so for as long as we live, we need never die to the eternal God that He is. There can never be an end to our God. Jesus didn’t just die; He couldn’t just die. He gave up His life.
What do I mean by He gave up His life? Well, His heart didn’t just stop beating. He did not just bleed to death. His lungs didn’t just fill up with water. Jesus didn’t just give in to the death He knew was coming. No, He gave His life to God.
When we speak, we must talk in terms of time and of the things we see before us. In Mark 15:39 the Centurion said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God.” He said this because he thought the death of Jesus ended the life of Jesus. So, he spoke of Jesus in past tense.
Our God is an eternal God. He was, He is, and He is still to come. What the centurion saw was Jesus finishing what He started by giving His life to God. Jesus said it this way: “Father into Your hands I commit My spirit.” He did this because there can be no end to His life.
He still is! We who are believers must know Him this way. We who are believers and saved must come to know Him as He is and not as what we think He was. We can say He died for us, or we can say He gave up His life to God for us.
This is important because it determines the nature of the relationship we can have with the Lord. Because if He died, we would be looking for Him among those who have died. We would be looking for Him in the tomb where they lay Him. But He did not die; He gave up His life. He didn’t belong in a tomb.
He still is because God is a God of the living not the dead. Death could not take what Jesus was giving to God. We can learn from this. If you want to give your life to the Lord, nothing can keep you from doing that. If you want to serve Him with all your heart, nothing can keep you from doing that.
Whatever it is of you that you commit to the Lord, He will keep it from anything that would want to kill it. If your work isn’t going as you would like, commit your work to Him. He will give life to it. If your relationship with your spouse is not working as it should, commit your part to Him. He will make your part work.
He still is a Lord of the now. He is not simply a Lord of the past. He still is and because of that, you can know that you still are a child of His when you commit your ways to Him. The Lord takes what is broken and dying in us and brings it to life and wholeness in Him.
1 Corinthians says, we shall not all die, but we shall all be changed. When we commit that which will die to Him before it dies, He transforms it from dying to living. Learn to commit your dying things to Him so He can change them by bringing to them life that is new, life that He will never permit to die. Give up your dying things to Him.
What a mighty God we serve; What a mighty God Who serves us. He still is so you can still be. When you give up your life to the Lord, He turns your dying things into living things so that you live on with Him.
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