Wow… its been busy… Last Saturday I was called to Quincy to meet with a group that gathers on Saturday mornings at Elena Kroeger’s house for Bible study. I was glad to see that this group was growing in both number and maturity. One person surrendered their life to Christ, and another man rededicated his life back to Jesus… I taught them about how the Lord uses every situation in our life to help us grow… No matter whether we think our circumstances are positive or negative… Jesus is at work. The best way to live is in total surrender to Him.

This reminds me of the difference between commitment and surrender. I have heard many Christians talk about making a commitment to Christ, and living a committed Christian life. In fact these are terms that I have used myself. I don’t think that these words are wrong… but I do feel that they fall short of describing what He is really looking for. In fact if we live only in an "I’m Committed Zone…" we are in danger in living in legalism rather than grace.

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