SUNDAY MEDITATIONS

From The Word For You Today by Bob Gass



Jan 24th-Total Commitment to Jesus
“It’s no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.”
Galatians 2:20 NKJV




When men first learned to navigate the seas by using the stars, a whole new world opened up to them. A common saying in those days was, “He who is a slave to the compass enjoys the freedom of the open sea.” Make your compass in life—total commitment to Christ. Consult Him on every step you take. Let Him set your course and He will direct you to places of freedom and fulfillment you never knew existed. Be willing to say like Paul: “It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.”


One night Toscanini, the famous Italian conductor, led the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, a very difficult piece to direct. So majestic was the music that the audience stood for ten minutes of applause. Toscanini took his bows again and again. He turned to the orchestra; they bowed. The audience continued to clap and cheer. Finally Toscanini turned his back on the audience and speaking only to the orchestra said, “Ladies and gentlemen, I am nothing, you are nothing, Beethoven is everything!” C.S. Lewis wrote: “To love and admire anything outside yourself is to take one step away from utter spiritual ruin; though, we shall not be well so long as we love and admire anything more than we love and admire God.” So, kneel at the feet of Jesus today and say, “I am nothing; You are everything. Here are my gifts, my resources and my dreams. I lay them at Your feet. I give them all to You, holding nothing back.”