The Journey to Abandonment

Mark 10:21

And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

When we reach heaven, we will be fully submitted to Jesus.  We will have released every single remaining carnal desire that we carried on earth.  

What Jesus is looking for from us as His disciples is the constant process of releasing of our carnal desires while we are still in our earthly bodies.  Only Our Lord achieved absolute abandonment to The Father.  Only He could.  

Very few of us have even neared the point of absolute abandonment to Jesus.  But all of us can commit ourselves to unconditional identification with Our Savior.  Through the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives, we can continuously recognize and renounce our earthly desires.  Through the grace of Almighty God and the saving work of Jesus Christ, we can begin shedding all of our shortcomings one by one until we find our place with Jesus for all eternity.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for Your precious love and provision.  We proclaim our love for You and humbly offer to You all that You have given us.  Father, we pray that we be led by the Holy Spirit to surrender all that we have, all that we will every have, all that we are and all that we will ever be to Your Son, Jesus.  May we take hold of the fullness of eternal life as we release our hold on our worldly possessions.