PIRITUAL ABANDONMENT (Part 2)
Yesterday I shared Part 1 of a great devotional written by Jeanne Guyon on the topic of "Spiritual Abandonment." If you missed it, you can go to the blog and pick up yesterday's Freedom Fighter as well as past ones (http://www.americaskeswick.org/freedom/).
"The result of this attitude (spiritual abandonment) will, in fact, bring you to the most wonderful point imaginable. It is the point where you will break free completely and become free to be joined to the will of God! You will desire only what HE desires, that is, what He has desired for all eternity.
Become abandoned by simply resigning yourself to what the Lord wants, in all things, no matter what they are, where they come from, or how they will affect your life.
What is abandonment? It is forgetting your past; it is leaving your future in HIS hands; it is devoting the present fully and completely to the Lord. Abandonment is being satisfied with the present moment, no matter what that moment contains. You are satisfied because you KNOW that whatever that moment has, it contains - in that instant - God's eternal plan for you.
You will always know that that moment is the absolute and total declaration of His will for your life. Surrender not only what the Lord does to you, but surrender your reaction to what He does.
Do you wish to go into the depths of Jesus Christ? If you wish to enter into this deeper state of knowing the Lord, you must seek to know not only a deeper prayer life but also abandonment in all realms of your life. This means branching out until your new relationship includes living 24 hours a day utterly abandoned to Him. Begin to surrender yourself to be led by God and to be dealt with by Him. Do so right now. Surrender yourself to allow Him to do exactly as He pleases - both in your inward life of experiencing Him and also in your outward life of accepting all circumstances from Him.
Great quote: If I fear to hold another to the highest goal because it is so much easier to avoid doing so, then I know nothing of Calvary love.
Amy Carmichael
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