POP 399 - The Second Greatest Gift You Could Ever Give To God

In this episode Tony shares the SECOND greatest gift you could ever give to God, which is the submission of your will to his will.

When God decided to create human beings, he did most amazing and remarkable thing when he decided to give us free will.

God did not make us robots.

He did not program us so we would have to love him and obey him.

Instead, he gave us free will so we would have the choice, and we could then choose to love him and obey him or we could choose not to.

In this way, when we do choose to love God and obey him, and when we do choose to surrender and submit our will to him, it's among the greatest gifts we could ever give him.

This was the original temptation in the Garden of Eden, when the serpant essentially tempted Eve to exercise her will independently of God.

"Why should God have the right to tell you what you can and cannot do?  If you eat this fruit, you can be like God!  You can decide for yourself what's right and wrong!"

And a good example of this from the bible is the example of Jonah, because when God told Jonah what he wanted Jonah to do, Jonah decided he did not want to submit his will to the will of God, and Jonah went in the completely opposite direction!

And another good example fo this from the bible is Mary, the mother of Jesus, because when the angel Gabriel announced God's plan to her, she immediately surrendered and submitted her will to the will of God, and thank goodness she did!

The SECOND greatest gift you can ever give God is the submission and surrender of your will to his will, and at the end of this episode Tony extends an invitation to you concerning the FIRST and greatest gift you could ever give to God!