31st July 2021 - Harvest

One thing that takes time to adjust to is the fact that, as disciples, we surrender all rights to our life to Jesus. However, we struggle because what Scripture calls ‘the flesh’ fights back. Our natural human inclination is to resist God (Rom. 8:5–8). We live in a constant struggle between surrender and self-expression. Indeed, life is a journey in which, like John the Baptist, we wrestle with our need to shrink in stature and visibility so that Jesus might grow and become clearly visible in us and our lives (John 3:30).