Significance Starts With Surrender!
For years I tried to “do” things (activities) to make myself feel important and successful. I would go to church, I would read the Bible, I would pray, I would tithe, the list goes one. Simply put, I was trying to be a Christian, rather than just “being” one. Doing without being leads to frustration and disappointment.
Thankfully in 1998, I learned that God was in my life but not at the center of my life. I knew I would go to heaven when I died, but still lived with longing for my life to count. I spent a few days with a friend processing my life. Part of this time of reflection included reading Ps 139 once every hour for 2 days. That was such a powerful time in my life. The phrase “search me oh God” become way more than words, but a deep examination of my heart, mind, and soul. So I wrote everything I discovered during my “search” and surrendered them to God. This time of reflection ended with me crying like a baby asking God to forgive me of not fully trusting him.
I’m so thankful I learned that day that surrendering is the only way to live with a true sense of significance.
Have you given everything to God? If not, read Psalm 139 over and over until you have no anxiousness in your life.
God loves you!