Abandoned Devotion

God means us to live a fully orbed life in Christ Jesus, but there are times when that life is attacked from the outside, and we tumble into a way of introspection which we thought had gone. Self-consciousness is the first thing that will upset the completeness of the life in God, and self-consciousness continually produces wrestling. Self-consciousness is not sin; it may be produced by a nervous temperament or by a sudden dumping down into new circumstances. It is never God's will that we should be anything less than absolutely complete in Him. Anything that disturbs rest in Him must be cured at once, and it is not cured by being ignored, but by coming to Jesus Christ. If we come to Him and ask Him to produce Christ-consciousness, He will always do it until we learn to abide in Him.

Never allow the dividing up of your life in Christ to remain without facing it. Beware of leakage, of the dividing up of your life by the influence of friends or of circumstances; beware of anything that is going to split up your oneness with Him and make you see yourself separately. Nothing is so important as to keep right spiritually. The great solution is the simple one -"Come unto Me." The depth of our reality, intellectually, morally and spiritually, is tested by these words. In every degree in which we are not real, we will dispute rather than come.

So thankful for having come across this devotional today. "Come unto Me" is such a great mantra to remember when confusion, frustration, and chaos rob your inner sense of peace. Life is a battle between self-consciousness and "Christ-consciousness" and will forever be until Christ returns. "Come unto Me" reminds me of my need to surrender what consciousness I can give to Him, but it also reminds me that one day I won't have to come to Him for I will already be with Him. The constant battle against this separation of self from God will be no more. I will no longer have to fight for abandoned devotion to Him. My consciousness of self will be completely replaced with consciousness of self as seen through Christ.