Hallelujah- All I have is Christ

Over the past few weeks I have had some of the sweetest and most genuine conversations with people that I love dearly.
God is at work in the heart's of those around me and I am so excited to feel His presence at work and be a small part.

In my life have been placed true saints of the faith, brothers and sisters who love me despite the ugliness of my heart and people who point me to Jesus. Those who truly know my heart can be counted on one hand and they are forever friends.

These conversations that I have been so moved by have been centered around one specific idea- belief- life changing state of the heart.

I sat in a worship service led by one of my dearest friends last week and the words that were sung summarize this thought-

"Hallelujah- All I have is Christ. Hallelujah- Jesus is my life"

Words so simple to the ear-- yet powerful enough when grasped to change a life. All we have is Christ. Jesus is my life.


In the whirlwind of wedding, moving and getting settled into a new season of life- I must be the first to admit that I do not live this single-minded life.

I have been enthralled in Elisabeth Elliot's work titled "Let me be a Woman".
It thrills my heart to have found a book written for women that is not about being pure or being a noble wife.
This may sound like an odd phrase to come from the mouth of a girl whose entire life is sold out to loving and living life alongside girls.
The reason that I ADORE this work is because it is about helping us as daughters of the Most High know what our identity in Christ is about....not so that we can be good wives, daughters, mothers, etc....but so that we can make much of Jesus.

Allow me to share a paragraph found in my reading this past week- As I read it tears immediately came...I felt as though my prayers and desires of my heart had already been put into print...

"Lord, I give up all my own plans and purposes, all my own desires and hopes, and accept Thy will for my life. I give myself, my life, my all utterly to Thee to be Thine forever. Fill me and seal me with Thy Holy Spirit. Use me as Thou wilt, send me where Thou wilt, work out Thy whole will in my life at any cost, now and forever"

I must admit that I am crying now reading through that prayer again. It is strong. It is devastating. It will RUIN my life.

A ruined life of mine does not sound so bad anymore.
I am so tired of Amy's plans, dreams and hopes.
They are selfish and for my own glory.

The Lord has made me uncomfortably aware that this life is not about my pleasure, success or happiness.

Oh that I would beg the Lord to USE ME, SEND ME, WORK OUT THY WILL...at any cost. Today and Forevermore.

To mean these words are to surrender. To give my all utterly to Christ.

Brothers and Sisters- There is no better thing to ask of our Abba Father than to remove everything about me from myself and replace it with nothing but the things of Christ.

Such removal from self will certainly bring sacrifice- pain- fear -valleys.
Our nature is to nurture ourselves into a pleased stupor to the point where we don't need Jesus.

I do not know what it will look like as I continue to understand what it means to allow the Lord to fill me and seal me no matter the cost. However I trust that the more I seek Christ the more He will reveal Himself to me. The more I know Christ the more I will love Him and be satisfied in Him. Suffering will be refine my spirit. Pain will draw me to the mercy seat. Fear and anxiousness will remind me that I cannot live without the Good Shepherd's rod and staff that are sure to comfort me.


My prayer tonight is that we take the leap that truly let's the Lord have us. Our hearts, desires and everything in between.

LIfe as a follower of Christ will not be comfortable, easy or predictable- But if we truly are satisfied in Christ and allow Jesus to become the treasure of our lives we will know that it is not about comfort or having a plan. Our lives as followers of Christ are about taking the gospel to the ends of the earth. To make much of Christ in abundance or in need!

King Jesus- We love you. You are good and enough. Allow me this day to surrender all of myself to you knowing that you do not withhold any good thing from those who seek you faithfully. I so often try to hold on to the things of my heart that are dear for fear that you might ask me to let go or give them up for the sake of the gospel. Father- give me the boldness to live my life with opened hands trusting that your plan is far better than mine. To give up the things that I hold dear means entrusting the deepest parts of my heart to you. Help me to trust you, your timing and your will for my life. Help me to surrender all of me for your name sake. Let your Kingdom come and will be done in me this day. -Amen