{"id":301,"date":"2019-12-04T10:35:42","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T15:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/?p=301"},"modified":"2020-01-18T11:38:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T16:38:57","slug":"surrendering-yourself-to-become-greater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/surrendering-yourself-to-become-greater\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrendering Yourself to Become Greater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><strong>Romans 15:13<\/strong>, \u201cMay the God of hope fill you with all joy and\npeace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of\nthe Holy Spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">I would like you to do something for me. I want you to ponder\nthe great adventure that God has in store for you. It might be a conversation\nwith an incredible individual that will change your life but never see again.\nOr it might be packing your bags for an improbable journey to accomplish\nsomething unimaginable. What I want you to conjure up is the impossible, that\nmoment when God takes your breath away. A moment so big, so audacious that it\ncould never happen. I want you to experience what it is like when you stop\nlimiting God by your self-awareness. When you say to yourself, &#8220;it could\nnever be,&#8221; you have arrived at the cusp of what your life was meant to be.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><strong>Proverbs 3:5-6<\/strong>, \u201cTrust in the LORD with all your heart and lean\nnot on your own understanding; &nbsp;in all\nyour ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">I was reading today about becoming the person God made us be. The challenge was in how we can be more of ourselves by surrendering ourselves entirely to God&#8217;s will. Surrendering ourselves was to deny ourselves, so I thought. Greg Ogden, in his book &#8220;The Essential Commandment,&#8221; argues that to be the person God wants us to be, we must first include Him. Including Him is the surrendering part. God gave us all of these attributes that make us unique and special. We can not unlock our true potential without His key. He is the magic sauce that makes the flavor of who are come alive.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Paul was not a\ndifferent person after his encounter with Jesus. He was a better version of\nhimself. All the attributes God gave Paul at birth were rechannelled and made\nstronger. His personality did not transform; it magnified. He became a force\nwith which to be reckoned.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">We put limits on ourselves based on a lot of biased, worldly input, much of that input is well-meaning but limiting. At a very early age, we start to define ourselves based on that world perception. By the time we are in our adolescence, we have crafted a comfortable expectation. We don&#8217;t know where we are going or how to get there, but we do know our limitations. We are not consciously aware of most of these. Many of these subtly implied limitations direct our decisions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><strong>Romans 8:31<\/strong>, &#8220;What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">By submitting\nourselves to God&#8217;s will, we negate a lot of this influence. We start to view\nour potential through a new set of lenses. If we are in the center of God&#8217;s\nplan for our lives, the improbable not only becomes possible, it becomes\nabsolute. God will not transform you from someone who can&#8217;t carry a tune to a\nconcert pianist. He could, but probably won&#8217;t. What He will do is magnify your\ntalents. He will guide you in ways you had not imagined. He will stretch you,\nchallenge you, and make you stronger. The fear of being outside the artificial\nfences the world has put around us will be gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">He will take your\nbreath away. He will show you potential you never thought you had. In all of\nthis, He will smile. 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