Taking Possession of Jesus

Repent at my rebuke! Then I will pour out my thoughts to you, I will make known to you my teachings.
—Proverbs 1:23


What is your personal turning point? Are you prepared for Jesus Christ to become the Lord of your life? Someone can be saved without surrendering to Him as their Lord. Without surrendering your will to His will, you won’t understand His passion. Without surrendering to His Spirit, you won’t experience His power. And without surrendering to the Word and prayer, you will never change; He will never manifest in your life.

The Lord wants to pour Himself into you. He is ready and willing to help you change. You don’t need to plead with Him to intervene. It may seem that way at times, but that’s because the Lord reveals Himself to those who truly seek Him with all their hearts. The Lord knows whether you are repentant because you were caught or if you are genuinely seeking Him with all your heart.

“And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13). 

A heart divided by sin, doubt, or unbelief will never experience the Lord. But if you seek Him with your whole heart, you will find Him. The Holy Spirit will make known His teachings to you. The Lord doesn’t make Himself difficult to find or understand, and He follows through with His promises. His Word calls for you to acknowledge and accept it, and rely on it instead of your own understanding. God desires all of you. He doesn’t keep anything from you. He wants you to take possession of His truth. His love for you is intentional, and He seeks the same of you.
 
When you surrender your entire being to the Lord, you become so intensely aware of Him that your heart is one with His. You know without question what saddens Him because you experience His sadness. You know what brings Him joy, because it brings you joy. Do you want to have a heart like this—one that is so intimate with His you experience Him? 
 
“That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,” Paul writes in Philippians 3:10.

Knowing Jesus is more than just head knowledge. It’s knowing Him in your heart. Your salvation is the greatest miracle you will ever experience. The Lord desires you to grow in wisdom and revelation of this miracle. He wants you to know the power of His resurrection. Only in intimate fellowship with Him do we understand the pain He endured and experience His resurrection power manifesting in us. This relationship can only be found and maintained when I continually surrender myself to the Word, taking possession of Jesus Christ as Lord of my life. 

The more you seek the Lord, the more you know Him. The more you know Him, the more He reveals Himself to you. Press on toward the goal of knowing Him. Surrender yourself, your doubts, fears, and desires so that you may know and experience Him working in and through you.

Turn from a lukewarm life to one filled with the passion of His love that gave everything for you. Turn from a life without the power of the Holy Spirit to one filled with the power of His Resurrection. Turn from a life without the Word and prayer to a life filled with an alive faith that moves the heart of God. God knows your need, but it is in surrender, praying and believing in faith, that He moves.

I want to experience Jesus who knows me so completely. This is my personal surrender: to know Him as He knows me and to experience Him manifesting in my life. Do I always get this right? No, I don’t, but it’s the intention of my heart He sees. Each day, I will choose to die and grow spiritually, becoming more vulnerable and personal with the Savior who has claimed me. My faith has no power without action. I will step out in faith, knowing that the Lord who has called me is faithful to do the work. I will take possession of Jesus who has taken possession of me.