"My son, give me thine heart,
and let thine eyes observe my ways."
- Proverbs 23:26

We sat down for a nice meal at one of our favorite restaurants...Olive Garden!  Yum, yum. :o)

And, as usual, the waitress brought Jacob, our sixteen month old, a coloring sheet and 3 crayons.

He played with the crayons as we waited on our meals, and I guess he noticed that I was looking at them.  So, with a sweet smile on his face, he picked up those crayons and placed them into my hand...

...but he wouldn't let go of them.

Over and over again, he took those crayons and place them into my hand, but not once was he willing to let go of them.  He wanted to give them to me, but he just wasn't willing to release control of them.

He wanted to please his father, but not bad enough to let go of his crayons.

Now, that brings up a logical comparison...don't we many times do that same thing to our Father?

We notice that He is looking at something in our lives. Maybe it's a sin that we haven't confessed.  It could be our time and our talent?  Maybe it's our finances?  It could be some commitment that we know He wants us to make or some step of faith we know He wants us to take.

And we see Him looking at the area of our lives and we want so much to give it to Him.  We place it in His hands...

...but we never really let go.

Maybe it will cost us, or will inconvenience us or will require a sacrifice, whatever it is...we just never let go.

We really want to surrender it to the Father, we really want to give it all to Him, we really want Him to be pleased, but we just aren't willing to release control.

I'd like to be able to say that little Jacob finally let go of those crayons and willingly gave them to his daddy as a token of his love...but he didn't.

Will the same be said of you and I?  Jacob is sixteen months old and working with crayons...

...you and I are adults who are supposed to be surrendering our all in all to our Father. 

Christian, what is it that the Father is eyeing in your life? What is it that you know He wants you to place in His hands?  Are you willing to surrender it to Him, or will you insist on refusing to let go.

Today, I encourage you to spend time with the Father and ask Him what it is in your life that He desires.  And then, as a token of your love...

...let go of your crayons.

Have a "Wonderful DAY in Christ,"
Jimmy D. Brown
\o/ Praise Jesus!