40 Days until Easter. At first I felt like Easter was right around the corner until now that I am in the middle of day 1. Making a commitment did not seem that challenging until now that I am trying to repeat it for the next six weeks! I am reminded how I don’t like change or discomfort (even for season). How quickly I am reminded that the real God I seek is the god of comfort. Why is surrender so hard? What is LENT going to reveal? Selfishness? Wrong attitude? Wrong priorities? Brokenness? Regardless of what it reveals, I want the presence of God. LENT has begun, it is time to feast on God!
Nehemiah said, “God and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is our strength.” Nehemiah 8:10
So i am officially the first one to post…
Lent brings us back to focus on God and what he is doing in our lives and how he saved us from eternal damnation.
It is pretty hard to stay with the Lent schedule but i pray God will help me and everyone else through this Lent season.
God Bless
Brandon
I realize the question was rhetorical, but…
Surrender is hard only because we make it so through the inertia of center on self as opposed to center on God. In those moments that we truly and deeply turn to God in humility, surrender becomes natural THROUGH Him. Humility breaks the inertia, God lifts the burden.
With that in mind, lent is beautiful in that it’s an exercise in humbly surrendering and turning to God. Any exercise strengthens!
Tim