When one shifts focus from “surrender” of one stronghold point of brokenness, shame, rebellion, ignorance, etc. after another in a life of “recovery”…..to focus on consecration of all of one’s self to the Lord, change happens.
This is what it looks like to live out loving God with ALL your heart, ALL your soul, ALL your mind, ALL your strength….
It brings David to my mind, “a man after God’s own heart”….. He was consecrated (set apart and prepared), even before he knew what God’s plan was, and then anointed for God’s purpose. It was decades before the fullness of God’s purpose was realized, however. Consecration and anointing didn’t make David instantly perfected in behavior, but it did make him soft and responsive in heart and will, with readiness to accept trials and testing, open to God’s voice and wisdom, repentant in conviction for error or disobedience, sensitive to the Holy Spirit as He worked to sanctify David, even admonishing David in love when necessary.
LORD God, I want heart like David’s, soft and responsive. I also desire to be attentive to your Homy Spirit and living well within the guardrails of your will and Word. (3/8/24 CBByrd)