Commitment or Surrender? What's the difference
The committed life emphasises what we must do for Christ; the surrendered life embraces what Christ has done for us.
Christianity is not essentially DO but DONE. It is not TRY but TRUST.
The committed life relies on one's ability to perform; the surrendered life realises that we can do nothing apart from God.
In conventional terms, committed life centres on our Doing while the surrendered life centres on our Being.
The committed life exalts our competence; the surrendered life examines our character.
The committed life emphasises the outward; the surrendered life emphasises the inward.
More significantly, the committed life centres on operations; the surrendered life centres on obedience.
So the committed life issues out of good intentions while the surrendered life issues out of God's intention.
A man may be outwardly committed to the work of Christ but may not have been inwardly consecrated and surrendered to the will of Christ.
Are you walking in commitment or surrender?
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