Something happens the moment you genuinely surrender to Christ. Not slowly. Not after a season of growth or a sufficient track record of good behavior. Immediately. At the point of surrender, something shifts at a level far deeper than emotion. Paul describes it to the Colossians without hedging: "He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins." — Colossians 1:13-14 (NKJV) Notice the tense. Delivered. Conveyed. Past tense. Already accomplished. You were in one kingdom. Now you are in another. You were under one authority. Now you are under a completely different one. That is a statement of fact with staggering implications for how you live. This Has Nothing to Do With Your Feelings Here is where many believers get confused. They surrender to Christ, wait for a dramatic internal shift, and when the feelings don't match the theology, they begin to ...
Shining a light on someone by lighting their pathway home. By Joseph Kimanzi