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Writer's pictureJoni

Day 22: Cost Of Freedom


Oh it is FREE,

but it will COST you.

It will COST you your life.

BUT SURRENDER!

I put up the white flag,

because it is the only way

if I want and if you want

REAL PEACE~

"the peace which surpasses all understanding" 

(Philippians 4:7),

and

REAL CONTENTMENT~

"whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want” 

(Philippians 4:12),

and

REAL LIFE~

"It pays to take life seriously; things work out when you trust in GOD" 

(Proverbs 16:20).

I SURRENDERED,

because in the past

I was SURRENDERED

to what felt right

and

to what looked right,

through the eyes of the world

because everyone else was doing it.

And

I ended at a dead end,

even though

I was told

THE TRUTH

and people where praying for me.

But

I just laughed

because

I just couldn't see

and

I just didn't know

that there was so much more

beyond

what I could see

and

what I could feel,

because everyone else was doing it.

Until

I hit the bottom

because

my way wasn't working.

But because GOD is so GRACIOUS

HE

wouldn't let me stay where I was

because

HE SO LOVES

you and I

and

your neighbor

and

every single person on the face of the earth,

because

GOD

created every single person on the face of the earth.

And because

GOD CREATED EVERYONE,

HE does not want

anyone to perish~

"And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?

Is anything worth more than your soul? " 

(Mark 8:36-37).

Therefore,

HIS SON

cries out

to the broken,

to the lost,

to the hurting,

to the angry,

to the bitter,

to the abused,

and

to the confused~

"COME TO ME"

(Matthew 11).

Such a SIMPLE INVITATION

because

all it takes

is one little step

to jump into

HIS ARMS

like a little child

and

bring your mess

because

JESUS said,

"I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with ME hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever. I have told you this explicitly because even though you have seen ME in action, you don’t really believe ME. Every person the FATHER gives ME eventually comes running to ME. And once that person is with ME, I hold on and don’t let go.

 I came down from heaven not to follow MY own whim but to accomplish

the will of the One who sent ME" (John 6:35-38).

THE FREEDOM OF SURRENDER!

I raised the white flag

to

JESUS

and

it is not coming down

because

I can't go back

to doing things my way

because

"If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed" (John 8:36)

Oh THE FREEDOM OF SURRENDER~

Just

"RUN TO THE FATHER"

 (listen to the song below)


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