SAVED BUT HAVEN'T SURRENDERED

Yesterday, I was doing some medical tests at Kaiser Hospital. My wife who accompanied me was in the waiting room reading a book by Chuck Swindoll. I happened to glance over at the book and read a part of a paragraph that said "The problem with churches today, is that people are saved, but they have not surrendered." I was totally blown away when I read this, and thought to myself how true this statement is. Many of the problems that churches are having is because people haven't totally surrendered themselves to Christ.

You can't be a trouble maker, or a gossiper, or a busybody, if you have totally surrendered yourself to Jesus Christ. Because, if you are totally surrendered to him then you would display his attributes. You would not still be smoking cigarettes, as soon as church lets out. You would not still be "shackin" with a man or a woman if you have surrendered. You would not be unsubmissive to your mate if you have surrendered. The Apostle Paul on several occassions in the book of Acts describes how his life is "sold out" to Jesus Christ. If you're gonna be a follower of him, and reap the rewards that he has for you, then you must lay everything on the table.

You can't be like Achan, or Saul, who disobeyed God and failed to surrender everything that he told them to. And because they didn't, it cost them their anointing, and ultimately their lives. Being saved is not enough, you have to surrender all!