OUR WILLS MUST SURRENDER

         By A. W. Tozer

         His servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto
         death, or of obedience unto righteousness.  Romans 6:16

             The Christian doctrine of obedience to God and to His
         will is now largely neglected in modern religious circles,
         and many in our own congregations seem to feel that our
         obligation to  obey has been discharged by the act of
         believing  on  Jesus  Christ  at  the  beginning  of  our
         Christian lives.

             We need to remember that "the will is the seat of true
         religion in the soul." Nothing genuine has been done in a
         man or woman's life until his or her will has been
         surrendered in active obedience.

             It was disobedience that brought about the ruin of the
         race. It is the obedience of faith that brings us back again
         into the divine favor!

             It needs  to  be  said  that  a  world  of  confusion
         results from trying to believe without obeying!

             A mere passive surrender may be no surrender at all.
         Any real submission to the will of God must include
         willingness to take orders from Him from that time on.

             I keep wondering whether the Lord's ministers will
         again  give to obedience  the place  of prominence  it
         occupies in the Scriptures.

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         Yours in Christ,
         Paul N. F.