What does it take to empty me of me? A lifetime. Christ continually reveals in me what I need to get rid of. It's a daily thing to die to the wretched self. Christ offers a life overflowing with abundance. That "overflowingly full" life is for the taking. When Jesus taught the disciples and the crowd on the sermon on mount, his first words were, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
To be emptied of self, to experience spiritual poverty, is rare these days. Do I really have a poverty that says," Jesus, you're all I want, You're all I need?" We cannot begin to experience the kingdom of heaven unless we start with the realization that we are utterly finished without the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit to enable us to live and move and be!
5 comments:
yeap it IS a daily thing. good stuff. :) thanks
Yes, the process of "self emptying" never comes easily, but it must occur for us to fully know what God has in store for us!
I pray that we can all receive a daily lesson in that process!
Amen, and amen!
Great comments! Thanks!
Reminds me much of Caswell two years ago, and 2 Corinithans 5.
Empty Me
SDG
Me--I have so many hangups apart from Christ. Praise God that He wants to take away my old self and let me live to my new self in Him.
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