Resurrender

I was thinking about different aspects of my life lately, like school, spirituality, friendships, etc. I was reflecting on all these things when I 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 too comfortable? As we grow in our faith, we get used to God's 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 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 I 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, and made it a point to love her savior even just half as much as He loves her, and now I am sitting here wondering where that girl went.

Did I 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 I forgotten how precious these moments with my savior are? And that is how I got to this topic, RESURRENDER. Remember the things we did at first and 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!