The secret of staying close to God

Susan's no preacher. But the little that Susan knows from her personal spiritual walk, Susan wants to share on the secret of staying close to God. Just one word, and like my name, it starts with "S". Submission, surrender. An act where you lay yourself down, when you give up your defences, when you choose His will over your own will. When you can say, "Not my will, but yours be done."

Being in a corporate world, my role is to be a witness, a light in the marketplace that shines for Jesus. But sometimes it really seems difficult not to get sucked in the system of the world. Not to complain alongside my collegues, not to feel the stress and the dready feeling of going to work, to keep the joy of the Lord and to bring hope to the work place. But the reason I feel this way is because I have seperated work from God. But God should be in my everything and in my job as well. I'm still trying to learn how to balance work and my relationship with God. And I do know that if He cared enough to provide for my job, would He not care to see me through the obstacles that I face at work too?

Submission, surrender. The Lord has been speaking to me on this area for a while and it takes humility and obedience for me to learn to sit at His feet once again. To do nothing but to gaze upon His loveliness and enjoy His presence. Today as I was in the service, I can't help but be reminded of these words. The secret of being close to God is to submit myself to His will. And if I can just do that, the rest will slowly fall in place. For me to make a difference in the marketplace, to keep humbled, to remain grateful and thankful, to keep serving God and His people, to want to know Him more, to love Him and His people more....

All good things starts with "S"...
Saviour
Salvation
Secret of knowing God
Submission
Surrender
Susan :)