Surrender with JOY

#276  June 26/14,  9:45am, St.Theresa’s, before Blessed Sacrament

I call, you come.  Hasten to do My Will.  You see, so often we surrender ourselves to My Will, but have you ever thought of it this way: to hasten joyfully to do My Will.

It takes on a slightly different approach doesn’t it.

In the case of surrendering, it is, or it seems to be, not done with a happy heart.  Yet I encourage you to come to this surrender hastily and joyfully.  It is not like giving up (surrendering) because you have no other choice, but rather that you want to make this choice of surrendering to Me.

With a joyful heart, hasten daily to surrender to Me. 

It is an attitude change, a change of heart that enables you to give Me more of you in great joy.

Come to Me happy to surrender.

Come to Me joyful in heart.

I have not bound you to surrender.  I want you free to surrender.  So when you are free to surrender you do it joyfully and hastily.

You can’t wait to surrender yourself to Me daily.  Or maybe not so.  Perhaps you would like to do what you want to do first, then surrender.

Your heart should desire, ache to serve Me by surrendering joyfully and quickly.  Do not let it hang around ‘out there’ on its own trying to live, to love, to be caring, to be patient.

Give it My Energy, My Sustenance not belligerently, but joyfully.

So this surrender prayer need not be accompanied by a sour face, a serious, severe countenance.  No, No.  Let Me see you smile as you surrender yourself, all of you, to Me.

The gladness this surrender evokes in you reflects the delight that your heart receives knowing it is working with the one who Created it.

Do not let your hearts be troubled.

Your heart must be troubled if you are not joyfully surrendering all of you to Me.

It knows that it cannot sustain itself if it depends on itself.  Your heart knows it needs to be fed from the very source of Life.

So from now on hasten to surrender yourself to Me.

What a burden this lifts from your heart.  It is not abandoned to figure out life on its own. Rather it willingly submits to the Will of the Lord which is a force far, far greater than the heart force on its own could ever be.

Run to Me joyfully to have you do My Will.  What a lighter load you will have to carry!

Give your heart to Me joyfully, not grudgingly.

When you come with a joyful heart to surrender to Me you are already more than half way there. 

But a grudging heart is closed to doing My Will.  The mind may say the Words, but your heart tells the real story and I can see into your heart.

How can I work on a heart that is not joyful to be in My Presence?

It is impossible.

I want you light-hearted. 

I want you burdened with less burdens.
I want you to realize the extent of My Love and My Will in your life.

Go to your knees and joyfully thank Me for your day so far. 

A joyful heart is a peaceful heart.