I don’t always like the concept of yielding when I’m driving.
I don’t like it in life, either.
God and I have had long talks about my problem with yielding to Him.
As a writer, I’ve discovered areas of the work where I have no control: the decision by a publisher to offer a contract, the number of copies that sell, and the opinions of others about the book.
Yield.
God whispers it to me.
Let go of your need to convince everyone to like you. Stand strong in my pronouncement that you are my beloved child. Stop believing you will shatter and die when someone is unhappy, disappointed, or angry with you.
Yield control of something you really never had control over in the first place.
My heart answers, “Yes.”
Is God whispering to you to merge more deeply into Him? Does it require yielding . . . a giving way?
Lord, give all of us the courage today to yield to your grace and tender love for us. Help us give way where you are nudging certain attitudes and actions out of our lives.
Amen.
Sharon Hinck
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