As I was driving home from picking up my children from Vacation Bible School a song became stuck in my head. That song was “Is Your All On The Alter?” Many of you probably know this song as it is often played during a church invitation or alter call. It is really a beautiful song and when I got home I immediately did a search on YouTube for it. I hoped that by listening to the song I might have some chance of clearing it from my mind. But no luck – it continued to stay in my mind asking me “Is your all on the alter?”
This got me thinking. Is there something in my life I have not fully given over the Lord? My house, my children, my finances, my blog? There is room for improvement in all these areas of my life. While I may have initially given an aspect of my life to the Lord over time I discovered I was taking it back.
One verses of the song goes like this:
O we never can know
What the Lord will bestow
Of the blessings for which we have prayed,
Till our body and soul
He doth fully control,
And our all on the altar is laid.
It just hit me! How can I expect the Lord to answer my prayers if I have not given everything to him? Or if I keep taking it back. It is like giving a child a toy, letting the child play with it for a while, and then telling that child he or she can no longer have the toy.
The same principal applies to our blogs. One of things I highly advocate for a successful blog is to pray for your blog. But if you have not given your blog over the Lord you are not reaping the full benefits. So what are the full benefits of giving your blog over to the Lord?
- The Lord will bestow blessings on our blog as just as He would if it were you life you were handing over. Some of use may even feel like we are handing our life by handing over our blog.
- You will have less worries. There is no need to worry about something if you know the Lord is in control. You don’t have to worry about your blog. See Proverbs 3:5-6
- Your faith will grow and not only will this benefit your blog but it will also benefit your personal life as well.
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I just finished doing a 7 day “laying it all down” with 25 other blogging women. This post is perfect timing for me; so thank you. I often pray about what to write on Heart Choices but I haven’t truly given my blog over to the Lord. I am going to do this now!
Amen Kelly! Nothing we are or possess can truly prosper until we present it as a sacrifice to our Lord!
This is such and awesome post. I look forward to reading this blog.
I have prayed many a post but I don’t think I have officially given my blog to the Lord. I think I’m going to fix that right now.
So happy to have heard of you through Debbie @HeartChoices.
I am so thankful for the Lord’s many blessings in our family’s lives. Your posts have great topics to reflect on and be reminded of.
Yes, so many ways to bring Praise to Him…in all things
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Blessings & Aloha!
amen amen amen…
I just finished doing a devotional on Monday under My Walk Monday that speaks about this exact same thing…
Thanks for the encouraging word. I will present my blog to the Lord and watch him bless it.
Continue to do great things for HIM!
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I’m new to the blogging world (started earlier this year) and my desire is to glorify God through my writing. However, until reading this post, I had not given my blog(s) to the Lord. From this time forward they belong to Him.
Thank you for a thought-provoking post.
So, so true!
I’m so glad that the Lord called you to start Faithful Bloggers. I know He is using it in mighty ways in the lives and blogs of your readers!
Jennifer