My Mission, I chose to accept it!

From Charles Spurgeon's Gems

Gem #12 - Full Surrender

[Don't keep back any part of your life. Make a full surrender of every inclination of your heart; work to have but one purpose, and one aim. And for this purpose give God complete control of your heart. Cry out for more of the divine control of the Holy Spirit, so that as your soul is preserved and protected by Him, that it may be directed into one river, and one only, that your life may run deep and pure, and clear and peaceful; its only banks being God's will, its only river the love of Christ and a desire to please Him.]

As soon as I read this Gem this morning I thought, "that's me"! My friends I am not being arrogant, I'm being truthful. As I was thinking of a title for this blog I thought back to the old "Mission Impossible" series and how it started out, "Good morning Mr. Phelps, your mission if you choose to accept it..." See, God did not say to me, "Go start an Outreach Ministry, go write over 100+ poems that I will bless you with, go start writing blogs almost daily, go and become a messenger for Me using Twitter & Facebook, go a be an example of my Son to everyone that comes into your life!"

No, God didn't tell me to do any of these, but He wanted me to, if I chose to. Can you now see how Charles Spurgeon's Gem #12 relates to what my mission is? My friends if you want to be a part-time Christian, expect to get part-time results. A friend of mine asked me via an email yesterday, "How can we as Christians be losing this battle"? My friends we are not losing, we are just not committing! Charles Spurgeon wrote to make a full surrender of your heart. If you pile a lot of worldy items on top of the Holy Spirit, it will make it harder for Him to do His work for the Father. Charles Spurgeon also said, "to have one purpose, one aim". What is your mission today? Do you choose to do God's work? Do you accept what God wants you to do for the Kingdom? I do.

Charles Spurgeon wrote above your life should be one river, "its only banks being God's will, its only river the love of Christ and a desire to please Him".

There Is A River
Words and Music by Max and David Sapp

John 4:14
"But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst;
but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."

There is a river that flows from deep within.
There is a fountain that frees the soul from sin.
Come to these waters, there is a vast supply.
There is a river that never shall run dry.
There came a sound from Heaven, like a mighty rushing wind.
It filled their hearts with singing and gave them peace within.
The Master gave this promise, the Spirit will descend
And from your inner being a river with no end.

There came a thirsty woman, who was drawing from a well.
Her life was ruined and wasted, her soul was bound for Hell.
But then she met the Master, who told of her great sin
And if you’ll drink this water, you’ll never thirst again.

There is a river that flows from God above.
There is a fountain, that’s filled with His great love.
Come to the water, there is a vast supply.
There is a river, that never shall run dry.
That never shall run dry.

From God's heart, to mine, to yours,
Ed Shagott