Surrender

I am working through some big thoughts recently.
One - Surrender
Two - Priority
Three - The fact that they go hand-in-hand.

I'm pretty sure of the fact that one of the biggest reasons I fail to more fully resemble a true disciple of Jesus is that I fail to surrender ALL to HIM.
Too often, and usually not even because I want to, I hold too tightly to the things of this world instead of surrendering everything to Jesus.
Ultimately, this leads to messed up priorities.
I end up spending my days on things I don't even really like all that much.
I am content to live a life that "promises" it will bring temporal fulfillment instead of surrendering everything for "supposed" real fulfillment.
Bottom line = I don't really have faith.
When I fail to surrender to Jesus it reveals my lack of faith.
When I fail to surrender to Jesus it shows how prideful I am.
When I fail to surrender to Jesus I give my love to something other than the Father's heart.

What would we do if we only had one day left to live?
How would we want Jesus to find us if He came back in five minutes?
Why aren't we living this way now?
Why aren't we living today the way that Jesus wants us to live and letting tomorrow take care of itself?
Why aren't we surrendering EVERYTHING? No, I'm not saying most things, I'm saying everything. Death to self. Death to everything this world calls dear. Death Death Death. Yes, that is the Gospel.
Death to self.
Yes to Jesus.