As children, we have all experienced a friend giving us something, then snatching it back. Even as adults, we sometimes open Christmas presents only to be suddenly told the gift had the wrong name on it and was intended for someone else.
When you give, it is important to “count the cost,” to do the math to ensure you can afford it. Nothing should cause you to take back a gift.
When you give your life to Christ, leave it in His hands.
Why do you lay your life down on the altar, then snatch it back up again? Put it down—and leave it. If you GAVE your life to Christ, stop trying to yank it out of His hands. Let Him keep the gift you gave Him.
I have a secret: your life is the one gift you CANNOT take back.
The whole point of giving your life to Christ is TOTAL SURRENDER—including the surrender of all future “take-backs.” He will NEVER let you take your eternal soul back into your own hands where you would destroy it.
Nor will He allow you to completely destroy your life on earth. Once you are His—once you BELONG TO HIM, He takes away some of the freedom you might have had when you were on your own:
“When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of other countries, worshipping wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never happen” Ezekiel 20:32.
God is not going to let you become an idol worshiper. If you have truly given your life to Christ, He owns your life—and you don’t. Sinning will never be as easy for you as it is for others. You will never completely escape the sound of His Voice calling you back to repentance, forgiveness, and restoration. It’s not too late. It is never too late.
God, thank You that You never let us go, no matter how we may lose sight of a commitment we made long ago. Pursue us, Hound of Heaven.
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