Treasures

All alone I found myself standing
In my hand was a bag filled with my treasures.
All alone I stood and then someone called
I look up and saw Jesus
He was standing on the topmost of a long plight of stairs
Yet I was there at the bottom.
He called out to me again
He told me to come up to Him.
To come as I am.
So I started the climb
With my bag filled with treasure,
Still I tightly held, afraid I might lose some.
But as I got higher
The stairs got steeper
And I found myself unable to move any farther.
Hindered by the weight of my treasures.
I look at to Jesus and cried out to Him,
“I can’t go on any farther LORD,
Tell me what I must do?”
He looked at me
His eyes filled with love and He said,
“Let go”
I look at my treasures
I couldn’t let go,
Not all of it.
So I took a handful
And reluctantly let go.
Now the weight I could manage,
And I continued my climb.
But still as I got higher
The same think happened.
“Let go”, my LORD would say
But still I only let go of a portion.
Over and over again
And it hurt me to let go of bits of my treasure.
I was standing in front of Jesus.
In my hand was my last treasure.
A gem so dear and precious to me.
I see Jesus, my Lover and King.
Finally I could be with my Prince
Only a step more to go.
So made my last step
But I found myself still standing,
Unable to move
Not even an inch farther.
I looked at Jesus with worry and confusion
“LORD, why can’t I reach you? Tell me why?”
He looked at me with compassion
And said again,” Let go.”
So I looked at Him,
With a heart filled with distress,
As I looked at the bright, shiny gem
In my hands I carefully held.
My heart was ready to break.
I cried once more,
“But LORD if I let go, I will be empty.
LORD, all my silver and gold are gone,
Please don’t take away my last treasure.”
I see the eyes of LORD still filled with love,
Though my heart was filled with me
Though I disobeyed Him and compromise
My LORD was still there
He just waited patiently for me.
“Let go”, He said.
“Let go, that you will be completely empty.
I want you to be empty,
So that I could fill you with ME.
Let go of your false treasure,
Temporary and unfulfilling.
Let go of it all,
For I am your real treasure.”
Jonah 2:8-9
Those who cling on to worthless idols
Forfeit the grace that could be theirs.
But I, with thanksgiving
Will sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will make good.
Salvation comes from the LORD.

Receiving and Surrendering

I just read a very powerful statement in Passion and Purity. It talks about why we should surrender everything to God. Before, it wasn’t clear why I should surrender everything to Him. I kept on thinking, “why?” And God was just kept on asking me to surrender. Now I know why.

He gave all.
He asks for all.

Because of His great love, He gave His only son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for all our sins. He saved us from the punishment we were due. And because He didn’t hold anything back from us, He asks us to do the same.

I am bought with a price. And God paid for me. Now He asks me for my life. To give everything to Him. And when I really think about it, my life is worth nothing. Yet He asks for it. And the best thing that I can do is to give it to Him. To let Him use me for His glory and for His great plan. I have received the best from Him. Now all I have to do is to surrender my all.

Oh Child by Nevertheless

I want to come closer

But you are so distant

Lately your thoughts are so far

And I want to show you all that you’re missing

I’ll meet you right where you are

Oh love, I’ve always known you

Oh love, you’ve always been mine

Oh love, I’m only asking you for your life

Say that you need me

I know what you’re feeling

You cannot do this alone

I gave my word and I gave you my life

So you’ll never be on your own

Oh love, I’ve always known you

Oh love, you’ve always been mine

Oh love, I’m only asking you for your life

Is this what you wanted?

Is this what you needed?(You’re waiting for this life to be what you’ve been waiting for…)
Oh love, I’ve always known you

Oh love, you’ve always been mine

Oh love, I’m only asking you for your life

Oh love, I’ve always known you

Oh love, you’ve always been mine

Oh child, I’m only asking you for your life

Selah

Give me a reason why we want to live.
Give me a reason why even through hardships we still want to push forward.
Give me a reason why we look forward to the bright tomorrow when we are in still in darkness.
Tell me why we let people see that we are happy even though every bit of us is hurting?
Tell me why because I only know of one reason.
That reason is Jesus.

awesome His plans are when I let go of my own plans to follow His.
He who fills me with His treasure when I finally empty myself of the idols I'm clinging to.
He who whispers to my heart that He will wipe away my tears and make me beautiful again when I admit that I am broken.
He who says that He will fight the wars for me, when I honestly tell Him that I can't do it.
He who will fill my heart with joy by living to please Him.
He who will bring victory if I will surrender to Him.
He who will run towards us if we only take the first step forward.

He is the reason why I look forward to a better tomorrow.
That He has plans for me; plans not to harm me but to give me hope and future.
That He will never leave me nor forsake me whatever the circumstances might be.
That He will never leave me when my heart is broken but will draw closer to me instead.
He tells me that He is the parent to the orphans.
That He is the light for the lost.
He is the comfort for the weary.
That if we find ourselves with nothing, He is our everything.
That He will never forsake me even if my sanity will.
That even though I find myself in confusion and in disorder, He will turn them into beauty and order in His perfect time.

He is the reason why I don't give up on life.
For He is always is with me and wants to be with me.
For He loves me, He loves us so much that He is willing to die for us.
The very truth that the King of Kings,
the LORD on high, the star breather and heart former,
the beginning and end, the almighty God who alone is good,
pure, and worthy cares for me;
I,who compare to Him, am nothing.
That even if I fall and stumble, He will just pick me up.
That even if I fail, all He will ever show me is His undying love.
That undying love that He showed me and everybody through His death on that cross.
On that cross where He willingly let His blood be spilled.
The blood that paid all the sins that we can't pay for ourselves.
He embraced the punishment that ought to be upon us.
He died so that we may live.

The only reason I see is Jesus.
Tell me a reason greater than that?
If not, then He is the only reason.
He should be our purpose to live.
He should be the shoulder we cry on.
That He should be that tomorrow were waiting for.
He should be the arms we should run to.
After all, He is all that we need and He is more than enough.
That He is the one who will satisfy the thirst of my heart.
The hunger of our soul.
He alone is the one who could fill the gaps of my heart.
He alone will complete me.
Only Him.

That's why He is my only reason.