Having giving our lives to Christ, there is a process of surrendering that we must walk through. We choose to give Him our heart when we believe that we are sinners and we understand that the only path to forgiveness flows through His blood on Calvary. And then He, through grace and mercy, patiently and sweetly brings us into deeper, more intimate fellowship with Himself. He draws us close by revealing the hidden places of our hearts, the places we have yet surrendered to Him, and by His wounds we are healed.
We hold tightly to our treasures - money, sex, food, pride - determined to cling to the very things that destroy us. Jesus goes there, to the dirty and the broken places, and says - I am enough. He asks us to unclench our fists filled with the fear and failure and pain of sin and open our hands, palms facing heavenward and...receive. Receive His forgiveness, His LOVE, His righteousness, His purity, His victory. His Grace. Dear friends, Jesus Christ is more than enough for you, no matter the secrets you harbor in your hearts.
My prayer for our body at Harvest is that, as we work our way through the book of Acts, we would see the magnificent POWER of the Holy Spirit and understand that this very same Spirit dwells within each of us. Let us allow Him to IGNITE our hearts to do His sanctifying work so that our lives as a body of believers at Harvest will magnify our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.