Being Sold Out

 

Learning to trust in You means that I must be completely sold out to You.  The more that I am sold out means that I am depending less on me and more on You.  I need to be completely, and some more, sold out to You.  I must know that You will provide all my needs.  I must have the mind to know what are actually my needs and not just fleshly desires.  I must realize that the world and my flesh have bombarded with me things that are unlike You.  In many instances, I have succumbed to their overt and subtle pressures to be a person of the world.  However, I declare that I want no part of anything that is unlike You.  This means that I must put off the parts of the flesh and the world as I recognize them.  I realize that my hope in You is twofold:  first, let me recognize these impediments, and second, give me the strength to overcome them.  Let me seek You more.