Artwork by Jo Smith
II Timothy 1:12b
. . . because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.
Truthfully, I always think of that small enclosure around my set of close friends and family. I imagine a corral and I am standing at the gate, protecting them from harm, from predators. I am grateful that the Holy Spirit is standing just so at the entrance to my deepest places. This is my warrior King.
It’s part of our agreement. As I turn over my stuff and give God access to my closed places within, I am promised Presence.
We have a triune God (at minimum) to help us get a handle on the work that each entity might play: God, omnipotent and sovereign, manages the big picture (the life maps) while Jesus, the Redeemer, became human to empathize and experience life within the context of time and space and to create a Way to unite us with God by endowing us with the Holy Spirit who indwells any who will accept this arrangement, this gift, this promise, this mystery.
We are understood in all those arenas. . . . and probably more.
God embraces the surrendered soul. Jesus modeled surrender.
My challenge? To accept the paradox that surrender is security; surrender is strength; surrender is safety.
