Abandonment

Firstly, very sorry for the lack of blogging. I will try to blog more.

A few weeks back I was at Worship team rehearsal (I go with my brother early because he does sound) and they started to sing a song called "King of Glory" the words that sparked were "I've come to give myself in total abandonment". My pastor was sitting there and he said that he didn't really like those lyrics. I asked him why he didn't like the lyrics and he said that its because not a lot of people really TRULY know what it is to give oursselves in abandonment. It really made me think. What DOES it mean to abandon ourselves fully to God and his will?

FIrstly I looked up the definition in the dictionary and here is what I found:

ABANDON
1. to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert: to abandon one's farm; to abandon a child; to abandon a sinking ship.
2. to give up; discontinue; withdraw from: to abandon a research project; to abandon hopes for a stage career.
3. to give up the control of: to abandon a city to an enemy army.
4. to yield (oneself) without restraint or moderation; give (oneself) over to natural impulses, usually without self-control: to abandon oneself to grief.

We are called to leave our former lives behind us and live life with Christ. We are called to stop doing the bad things we are doing and follow Christ. We are called to give up the things in our lives that hinder our relationship with Christ.

I like number 3 and it is definitly a hard one that many people (including myself) struggle with "To Give up the control of". Not give up SOME control.....ALL control.... We are called to give control over to God because he knows what's best for us. Jeremiah 29:11 " For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." We may think that the plans that we have for ourselves are good, but they will fall through, because if they are not God's plans for us, they are not meant to be.

That is just my two cents for today. :) Thoughts are welcome!