I am Yours

Psalm 119:94 "Save me, for I am yours; I have sought out your precepts."

The three words, 'I am Yours' are beautiful to me. We often think of them in the romantic sense of giving oneself to someone in marriage for all of life. Or, as a dedicated offering to a friend to commit to helping. One of the most sacrificial acts in all of life for example, is to help someone move. It could be said that, " greater love has no man, than that they help a friend move.":) Those who have given this type of help or received it know of what I speak. Both indeed precious acts of love, but compare those to an eternal commitment between us individually and God...... no comparison. As much commitment, grit, sacrifice and love as it takes to be married or help somebody move, the surrender to God that says, 'I am Yours', is so much deeper.

Are you His? Do you really belong to Him? Have you sought out His precepts and based on faith in His truth decided that only He can save you and you are His? That kind of total commitment is the most amazing relationship of all. We probably need to make the 'I am Yours' statement almost every day. Why? It is so easy to get wrongly connected to so many different things in life. When 'we are His' it means that we belong to nobody else. The job doesn't own us. The phone isn't in charge. Our fears don't rule us. Our passions don't control us. Circumstances don’t dictate our feelings and literally nothing separates us from His love. That is not only spiritually true, it is also functionally true.

I must remind myself of my belonging to Him regularly for another reason also. Sometimes I get to thinking that I somehow have more control in my life than I should or do. Oh, I have responsibility for my choices and am personally accountable for what I do and say, but I am His. Knowing this, sets me free from the temptation to allow other things including me to take over. That gives me some peace and hope. I should be overjoyed to let Him have control.

You see, when I give Him ultimate say so and total sway over everything in my life, I am freed up to enjoy everything He leads me through and to do. If only He can save me, I probably ought to trust Him with everything else too. Makes sense doesn't it? We can sure trust Him because He is completely trustworthy. This freedom is one of the main principles of my life. When I am walking in the Spirit, aware that I am His and conscious of my surrender to Him, I can be free. Free to enjoy, free to experience, free to respond and free to give and love and serve and a whole host of other wonderful things. I encourage us today to say once again to the Lord, 'I am Yours'. I love you God.

His, Pastor Fred

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