1 Peter 2:23 – “When He was verbally abused, He did not return with an insult; when He suffered, He would not threaten retaliation. Jesus faithfully entrusted Himself into the hands of God, who judges righteously.”

Peter’s description of Jesus in 1 Peter 2:23 filled my consciousness and gave me a longing and understanding of how we should live daily.  The next verse speaks of the full work of His atonement.  But the words, “He FULLY ENTRUSTED Himself to God,” drew my heart like a moth to a flame.   He Fully entrusted Himself.

How is that possible for us?  It is only possible through the new birth and faith.   It is facilitated by “seeing” God.    By that, I don’t mean having a supernatural vision where you literally see Him, but a revelation of Him. 

Psalm 139 is a powerful doorway to that revelation.   Psalm 139:2-4, God is everywhere and knows even our thoughts before we become aware of them.   Before we speak, He knows.   In verse 7, we discover that His presence is inescapable.

Psalm 139:13 – “For You have created my conscience. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.”   In verses 14-16, we discover that our lives, destinies, personalities, and features began before we were conceived in our mother’s womb.   This is the God we serve, the Father Jesus fully entrusted Himself to.   It becomes easy to fully entrust ourselves to a God like that.  He knows all, sees all, and is the creator and sustainer of all. He is undefeatable and unfailing. His love is unconditional. His grace is immeasurable. His gift of life is incomparable.

No wonder David would pray, verses 23-24, “Search me, O God, and know my heart. Examine me, and know my anxious thoughts, and see if there is any offensive (wicked) way within me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

This means seeing the Father as a loving Father who is seeking our best, not an ogre seeking to punish us. His love seeks to transform, not force us to conform to a set of rules. When we see Him, we know His heart, experience His grace, and are embraced by His love, and we desire to obey and be like Him.

Jesus fully entrusted Himself into the hands of God.  That is my heart’s desire: Full Surrender of Everything I have and Everything I am!    True victory is in full surrender.

Let’s make our objective to entrust ourselves to God and fully trust Him fully!