He Knows Best

As I was going through some old files on my computer, I came across this quote I had typed and saved a few months ago.  I re-read it, and I was immediately encouraged and challenged yet again.  This quote is from a book I read and would highly recommend for you all to pick up as well!  It is by Nancy Leigh Demoss and the title of the book is called Surrender.  I now want to share with you a short paragraph (the one I just stumbled upon) from that book. 

To be a living sacrifice will involve all of myself.  My will and my emotions, my health and vitality, my thinking and activities all are to be available to God, to be employed as He chooses, to reveal Himself to others.  Should He see that someone would be helped to know Him through my being ill,I accept ill health and weakness.  I have no right to demand what we call good health…All rights are His—to direct my living so that He can most clearly reveal Himself through me.  God has the right, then, to choose my job, and where I work, to choose my companions and my friends….To be a living sacrifice will involve all my love…I relinquish the right to choose whom I will love, and how, giving the Lord the right to choose for me…Whether I have a life partner or not is wholly His to decide, and I accept gladly His best will for my life.  I must bring all the areas of my affections to the Lord for His control, for here, above all else, I need to sacrifice my right to choose for myself…I need to be so utterly God’s that He can use me or hide me, as He chooses, as an arrow in His hand or in His quiver.  I will ask no questions:  I will relinquish all rights to Him who desires my supreme good.  HE KNOWS BEST!!!!!

My Savior truly does know best!  I need to constantly be reminded of this fact.  I pray that you also will be encouraged by this truth, and that you will fully surrender your life to Him!  Is that something you desire?!  

Have a good Tuesday!