A confession is in order. I believe for the most part that I am abandoned to God. I don’t want to say “for the most part.” I have to, however, to keep any semblance of truth. My actions prove otherwise.
Just when I think I am ‘in a groove,’ The wrong person says the wrong thing… The worst situation happens at the worst possible time… The unthinkable is thought by someone about me… and actually said out loud!

All of a sudden there is no shred of evidence of Christ in Me. Has it happened to anyone else? When it happens, and I realize that I have defied my Christ… heard ‘the rooster’ crow the third time… I look for consolation. Everyone is gone. Have you ever felt that way?

In Mark 10:28 Peter, talked about being ‘abandoned to Christ.’
“Peter began to say to Jesus, ‘Behold, we have left everything and followed You.’”

Jesus’ next words made it clear that-

Abandonment is for Himself, not for what (we) disciples may get from it.

Think about that one. We are not abandoning ourselves for Church work, for good works, for others, not even for family. It is most certainly not for us to feel good about ourselves or ‘qualified.’ Our abandonment is simply for Him and His pleasure. There is the tendency to go to God only to get something from Him, and not for Him only. There is a self–awareness in that, that we must get past. I like the way Oswald Chambers put it. If we only give up something to God because we want more back, there is nothing of the Holy Spirit in our abandonment; it is miserable commercial self-interest. -That one hurts.

The abandonment is not even so I will be made holy and righteous. That is a result of making Him Lord, but it is not really the essential nature of Christianity.

Why abandon yourself to Him. The motivation crucial. Do you want it? For Him? I believe a step in this journey can start like this:

Do I want to be abandoned to, and hear from God?

Well first, I must stop doing all the talking to Him.

Starting today, I will begin a prayer of daily listening?.

When I hear the still small voice (or big loud one!) I WILL do 4 things:
#1 obey
#2 abandon opposition
#3 refuse to base my position on my result
#4 never stop short

This is where true abandonment becomes more than a vision.

Please feel free to join me on this journey. Comment below please if you have insight or thoughts about anything discussed and share to connect others if you feel like it will encourage them. I pray everyone reading this will not hear my words so much as the heart of the One who inspired them.