All the circumstances of the past few years have pointed me again and again to "looking only unto Jesus." Every relationshp issue, every trial, everyday life, has brought me again and again to my knees...and has lifted my gaze from my feelings and my emotions and turned them to Himself as my Only Source of satisfaction. I wait Only on Him--from God Alone is my deliverance, my hope, my joy. It all comes down to the essence of surrender, yieldedness, brokenness. May this poem be a blessing to you as it has to me.
Lord, I give up
all my own purposes and plans,
all my own desires and hopes and ambitions,
and accept Thy will for my life.
I give myself, my life, my all utterly to Thee,
to be Thine forever.
I hand over to Thy keeping all my friendships;
all the people whom I love
are to take a second place in my heart.
Fill me and seal me with Thy Holy Spirit.
Work out Thy whole will in my life,
at any cost, now and forever.
~Betty Stam
