Being Sold Out

​Learning to trust in You means that I must be completely sold out to You. The more that I am sold out means that I am depending less on me and more on You. I need to be completely, and some more, sold out to You. I must know that You will provide all my needs. I must have the mind to know what are my needs and not just fleshly desires. I must realize that the world and my flesh have bombarded me with things that are unlike You. In many instances, I have succumbed to their overt and subtle pressures to be a person of the world.  However, I declare that I want no part of anything that is unlike You. This means that I must put off the parts of the flesh and the world as I come to  recognize them. I realize that my hope in You is twofold: first, let me recognize these impediments, and second, give me the strength to overcome them.  Let me seek You more. ​