Psalm 139:23,24 “Search me, O God, and know my heart. Test me, and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
In all honesty, are you part time or all in for Jesus? Every once in a while, I read A.W. Tozer’s prayer of commitment below. It’s not something that can be skimmed over and easily dismissed. It challenges me to the depths of my being as I search my heart with integrity and commit afresh to follow Jesus without conditions or caveats. How about printing it out and carrying it around with you, or sticking it in your Bible to re-read regularly. Here it goes:
I come to you today, O Lord,
To give up my rights,
To lay down my life,
To offer my future,
To give my devotion, my skills, my energies.
I shall not waste time
Deploring my weaknesses
Nor my unfittedness for the work.
I acknowledge your choice with my life
To make your Christ attractive and intelligible
To those around me.
I come to you for spiritual preparation.
Put your hand upon me,
Anoint me with the oil of the One with Good News.
Save me from compromise,
Heal my soul from small ambitions,
Deliver me from the itch to always be right,
Save me from wasting time.
I accept hard work, I ask for no easy place,
Help me not to judge others who walk a smoother path.
Show me those things that diminish spiritual power in a soul.
I now consecrate my days to you,
Make your will more precious than anybody or anything.
Fill me with your power
And when at the end of life’s journey I see you face to face
May I hear those undeserving words:
‘Well done my good and faithful servant’.
I ask this not for myself
But for the glory of the name of your Son.
Amen!
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