tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754424733775984362.post4032143078461951795..comments2012-07-21T19:35:51.420-07:00Comments on Authentic Following: A CallDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04465916110754953580noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7754424733775984362.post-49554168463508818572012-01-03T19:26:28.057-08:002012-01-03T19:26:28.057-08:00Derek,
I think we all wonder if we'll heed Go...Derek,<br /><br />I think we all wonder if we'll heed God's call when He calls us to something unfamiliar - something that might cost us what has become dear to us. I've heard it said that we should hold the things of earth loosely in our hands, in an open palm, so that God may take them more easily should He chooses and so that it will be less painful for us if we should have to give them up. Easier said than done, but it is something we should all strive for daily. <br /><br />This is a prayer from The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer. I think it speaks well of the fear we all share in giving our all up for God.<br /><br />Father,<br /> I want to know You, but my coward heart fears to give up its toys. I cannot part with them without inward bleeding, and I do not try to hide from You the terror of the parting. I come trembling, but I do come. Please root from my heart all those things which I have cherished so long and which have become a very part of my living self, so that You may enter and dwell there without a rival. Then shall You make the place of Your feet glorious. Then shall my heart have no need of the sun to shine in it, for You will be the light of it, and there shall be no more night there. <br /> In Jesus’ Name, Amen.<br /><br />Thanks for your blog,<br />PeggyPeggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05765697395337225476noreply@blogger.com