*Romans 6:16

Devo Fuel: {Yeilded to God}

"15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. 18You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness."
(Romans 6:15-18)

Of Eric Liddell, the missionary and great runner whose story is told in the film Chariots of Fire, someone has said, he was "ridiculously humble in victory, utterly generous in defeat." That's a good definition of what it means 2b meek. Eric Liddell was fiercely competitive, determined to us his God-given abilities to the fullest. But his meekness, kindness, and gentle spirit won the admiration even of those he defeated.

Meekness involves being yeilded. The word yield has two meanings. The first is negative, and the second is positive. On one hand it means "relinquish, to abandon;" on the other hand, it also means "to give." This is in line w/ Jesus words: "He who loses [or abandons] his life . . . will find it" (Matt. 10:39).

Those who submit to the will of God do not fight back @ life. They learn the secret of yielding - of relinquishing and abandoning - their own lives and wills to Christ. And then He gives back to them a life that is far richer and fuller than anything they could ever imagined.

Have a blessed week = )