I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal.
We sometimes try to compartmentalize our things from the things of God. We know when we are where we should not be, but seek to keep God out. We sometimes believe we should not share with God as we should and have great excuses for not doing so. Being in a house where two grandsons are spending time with each other, I have heard more often than not, the word, "Mine!" It is usually screamed at the other. Both moms have to come and break up the tug of war that is taking place. Many times that scene is replayed in our lives with God.
Wesley's prayer calls us to give everything up to God. It should come as the result of our relationship with God where we recognized years ago that 1) God gives us all things, 2) God provides for all our needs, and 3) we cannot out-give God. That recognition alone should be sufficient in our lives to "freely and heartily" share with God as we should. To counter-balance my grandsons, when they willingly share with each other and with me, it is so tender and sweet it brings tears to my eyes. So should it be with us and our God.
PRAYER: Loving God, I thank You for all that You have shared with me. There is nothing that I lack in my relationship with me and so, as I pray this prayer may it be true and may it glorify You, "I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed for thee or laid aside for thee, exalted for thee or brought low for thee. Let me be full, let me be empty. Let me have all things, let me have nothing. I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal." In Christ Jesus I pray,amen.
