Day 14 - Jesus All For Jesus (Robin Mark)
This song holds special memories for me, as I sang it to both my children in the middle of the night when trying to get them to sleep, it helped to calm me as much as it did them!
The reason I chose this song to sing to them is because it is one of my favourites. This song speaks of our surrender of our lives to God, something that has always been close to my heart.
The lyrics are:
Jesus, all for Jesus
All I am and have and ever hope to be
Jesus, all for Jesus
All I am and have and ever hope to be
All of my ambitions, hopes and plans
I surrender these into your hands
All of my ambitions, hopes and plans
I surrender these into your hands
For it's only in your will that I am free
For it's only in your will that I am free
Jesus, all for Jesus
All I am and have and ever hope to be
Many verses in the Bible speak of surrender of our lives to God, probably the most well known is Matthew 22:37
Matthew 22:37
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
Jesus said this in response to being asked what was the greatest commandment.
As he often did Jesus makes the answer about our inner man first rather than any specific sinful action.
If we are to truly surrender our lives to God, we must surrender all of our heart, soul and mind. This includes our actions, motives, emotions, thoughts and all of our ambitions, hopes and plans.
We must never hold on to anything so tightly that we cannot let it go to God. This world and all within it is temporary, it will all be gone one day. We must keep our eyes fixed on things that will not pass away, and surrender all that will to God for his purposes.
Think it over / Meditate on:
What does it mean to you to surrender heart, soul and mind?
Ask God if you need to surrender anything for him. (Before taking action on this, test it with someone you consider wise)
Listen to this song here: https://youtu.be/H1Wa2msOq9c
Written by Pastor Ben (Lead Pastor - C3 UL Sutton Central)