ABANDONMENT

My Daily Delight ~ April 28, 2014

*Notes from My Daily Delight for several years

"Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee."

Scriptures:  Mark 10:28; John 3:16; Romans 12:1-2; Galatians 2:20; Jeremiah 45:5

ABANDON ~ A-BAND-ON ~ “A Band On” another life - Jesus!”

ABANDON ~ Leaving ALL; giving up ALL to be identified with another life!

“BRAND” ~ Mark of Ownership

THE MARKS OF A CHRISTIAN (Bro. Billy Southerland’s Sermon 3/1//2012 with my impressions)

 ~ BIRTHMARK (I.D.) ~ LOVE

 ~ BOOK MARK (Passport/Ownership) ~ BIBLE/GOD’S WORD

 ~ COLLAR MARK (Partner) ~ YOKE OF JESUS/HOLY SPIRIT

 ~ KNEE MARK (Power/Strength) ~ PRAYER

CHRISTIAN’S ABANDON ~ Romans 12:1-2

   “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

Galatians 2:20 ~ “I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless…”

Identified – Activated

“…nevertheless, I live…and the life I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God.”

Set apart for God – Holy by the Holy Spirit

~The identical faith of the Son of God

~The life I now life

~The life man can see

~The Holy Spirit of God living in me ~ activated!

GOD’S ABANDON ~ John 3:16

 ”For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

   God so loved the world that He gave His only Son (ALL)!

   God gave up ALL of Heaven to be identified with another life!

   A BAND ON ~ Identifying Marks of Jesus:

      He was named JESUS  (Savior)

      He had all the marks of a Christian more profoundly because –

          HE IS LOVE  

          HE IS THE WORD OF GOD

          HE IS THE SPIRIT THAT WALKS WITH US & GIVES US POWER

      He was BRANDED with the nail prints in His hands and feet & pierced side.

      He ABANDONED Heaven to be identified with us and was branded so that we could be identified with Heaven/God/Jesus!

SEALED with Delightful Life!  ~ Jeremiah 45:5 HCSB

”Are you looking for great things for yourself? Do not look for such things. For I, the Lord, affirm that I am about to bring disaster on all humanity. But I will allow you to escape with your life wherever you go.”

Oswald Chambers says in My Utmost for His Highest ~ “If you abandon entirely to God.  He says at once, ‘Thy life will I give thee for a prey.’  The reason people are tired of life is because God has not given them anything, they have not got their life as a prey.  The way to get out of that state is to abandon to God.”

O Lord, thank You for the revelation that ABANDON is the sealing of my life by the indwelling Holy Spirit; it’s Romans 12:1-2 “a living sacrifice…transformed by the renewing of the mind.”  I am abandoned and my “band” is the Holy Spirit, and as I go…to the ends of the world being a witness and making disciples, teaching God’s Word, there is no fear ~ I have delightful Life! 

Prayer:  O Lord, as I meditate on these marvelous truths, I realize that I can’t comprehend enough to relate to Your abandonment for us – to be identified with mankind so that we can become identified with Almighty God.  Our life should be branded with Jesus so that it is very obvious who the owner is!  Grant that I may prove Your ownership with abundant Love to You and Your Body for Your delight and mine.  Amen.