---Submit to Jesus Today ~~

--"For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it."
----[Matthew 16:25] --

--As a young girl, Amy Carmichael (1867-1951) wished she had blue eyes instead of brown. She even prayed that God would change her eye color (which never happened). At age twenty, Amy sensed God's call to serve Him as a missionary. She ended up on India, where she recognized God's wisdom in the way He had made her. She knew she might have had a more difficult time gaining acceptance from the predominately brown-eyes people if her eyes had been blue. She served God in India for fifty-five years.

We can't know for sure that Amy was more readily accepted because of her eye color, but we do know that it is the Lord "who has made us, and we are his" (Psalm 100:3). As we submit to His wisdom in everything, we can serve Him effectively.

Amy knew what submission was. When asked about missionary life, she replied, "Missionary life is simply a chance to die." Then she quoted Matthew 16:25 (text).

That describes the devoted Christian's life as well----surrender to God's plans and will for us. May we submit to Him today.
---ODB/AC