In the two wondrous gifts of His Son and His Spirit, God has given us all we need to enable us to
live on the highest plane. The Holy Spirit works to help the Christian to refuse the further reign of
self and to allow Christ to have full sway over his life by yielding to Him as Lord.
"Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye
obey?" (Rom. 6:16).
THE YIELDED LIFE_WHY? To yield the life unconditionally to Christ is the first step needed for
a walk in the Spirit. Self is reluctant to relinquish anything except under compulsion. Many of us
may think that God wants things from us. God is a Person, and what He desires most is fellowship
with a person, so He wants us. He asks first that we yield ourselves.
"And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves unto the Lord." (2 Cor. 8:5)
THE YIELDED LIFE_WHAT? "Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost?" On
the cross through His shed blood, Christ paid the price for the possession of your life. It is His by
right of purchase. Have you delivered unto Him that which is His? Oh, how He appeals to you!
"I beseech you, therefore . . . that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto
God" (Rom. 12:1).
A noble act on the part of Daniel’s three friends was:
"They yielded their bodies, that they might not serve any God, except their own God." (Dan. 3:28)
But God goes still further; for He leaves no loop hole in the matter of yielding. He knows full well
how the beauty of a life may be marred by the unyieldedness of even one member of the body.
"Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin:but yield yourselves unto
God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto
God" (Rom. 6:13.).
"Yourselves"_"Your bodies"_"Your members".
It is all inclusive. Our yielding to Christ then includes everything within:intellect, heart, will; and
everything without:home, children, business, possessions, pleasures, friendships, time, and money.
Let it be clearly understood that there should be no reservations. We may not set apart any part of
our lives and earmark it"reserved."If Christ is to be Lord, He must be Lord of all.
Yielding to Christ is a voluntary act. The Lord Jesus stands at the door of every unyielded room in
your life seeking entrance (Rev. 3:20). Oh, friends, have you allowed Christ to come into every
department of your life?
Shall we, with joy and reverence
Say, "Come in, Thou Honored Guest,
Take myself and my possessions,
I do yield to Thee my best."