Daily Devotionals by Ardith Keef

    There can be no peace without submission. 
     We have the tendency to acknowledge that yielding to the Lord is better than not
yielding, but most of the time the thing that holds us back is a lack of spiritual insight.
Brothers and Sisters, there is no seeing Jesus without an ongoing pursuit of Him.
     And where He is, He must be Lord.  That is all there is to it.
     It is startling today, to see how many Christians think they can draw Jesus into their 
lives to improve things, and to pluck spiritual benefits like cherries in season.
     The truth is,  we have an All-OR-NOTHING God, and He will never change.  
     The reason many do not simply tell Him He may do as He wants in their lives, is 
because they are afraid of what He will do.  It is as though they fancy Him to be looking 
for victims for special hardship, and they simply do not trust.
     The outstanding visible characteristic of those who trust him and submit to Him is,
Peace.
      Deep, unshakeable, beautiful Peace.
     No short cuts.