Resurrender

I was thinking about different aspects of my life lately, school, spirituality, friendships etc. I was reflecting on all these things when l noticed a pattern.  As we get used to the people around us , our friends and families we get comfortable because there is comfort in familiarity . But are we getting to comfortable? As we grow in our faith we get used to Gods presence in our lives , His spirit and His peace and we grow so accustomed to it we forget that we also have a role to play , that we must also be reciprocal of the love attention and time God gives us. 

We get so used to the things we have the friends God blessed us with that we forget about the days we were on our knees begging and asking God to just do this one thing for us. When we first met our friends we were so eager , we paid so much attention and put in so much effort because we knew it wasn't definite there was a chance it wasn't going to work out so we really put in one hundred percent so it would and now that we have these friends , these opportunities and this relationship with God we get lazy , we lose the passion and enthusiasm we had at first .  

I read this verse in Revelation and it resonated with me so deeply," Yet l hold this against you, you have forsaken the love you had at first."  Let it marinate for a while and read it again ,you have forsaken the love you had at first.  Guys who were we when we first knelt at the feet of Jesus asking Him to change us, to take the hurt away. Are we still that same person. The same person who surrendered their life and  everything in it to Him. I remember a girl who was so eager to serve in the house of the Lord , who made sure she was present at every church event . A girl who was in awe of what Her savior had done for her , who just could fathom the miracle that was salvation so she poured everything she had into Church , made every effort to know God and seek Him , made it a point to love her savior  even just half as much as He loves her and now l am sitting here wondering where that girl went.

Did l get  comfortable in these patterns, too comfortable in fact, because reading the bible before bed is now  just another part of my daily routine. Have l forgotten how precious these moments with my savior are? And that is how l got to this topic, RESURRENDER.  Remember the things we did at first , the sacrifices we made when we started that is what we want to get back to. We have gotten so used to this routine of waking up and praying and doing all these things that we have stopped seeing the beauty of it all . We have stopped appreciating our relationships with God  and we don't realize how lucky we are and how blessed we are to be chosen. Guys we have to go back to the love we had at first , the joy of salvation, we need  to surrender again!