The Power of Giving Up
Surrender your whole being to HIM to be used for righteous purposes. Romans 6:13b This ancient wisdom seems kind of irrational on its face. The idea of giving up ourselves to be utilized in a positive, powerful purposeful way seems "way out in left field." It just does not make sense to the so called rational mind; however, lets take a quick look at something natural that brings great purposeful increase when surrender is the key principle involved Back when I was a young man about 26 years old, I actually took a corn seed and planted it along side of others. I surrendered it to God's supernatural order of things. This seed died, along with the other seeds. Then the plants began to grow and eventually cornstalks grew. Later corn began to grow in "cobs." When the harvest was right, I pulled one ear of corn and began counting the seeds on one cob. {Yes, I was young and curious in those days :o) Anyway, I lost count at 500 plu...