Lynchburg First Church of the Nazarene

This is the last week that we will focus on surrendering to God’s will. So far, we’ve seen that our identity and our comfort/safety are things that can get in the way of our surrender. This week, we turn our attention to Rahab and see that our allegiances can be a problem as well.

We are still exploring various things that get in the way of being able to surrender to God’s will. This week, we turned our attention to safety and comfort. We looked to Esther to show us how to surrender those things to God’s will.

Hannah wanted to be a mother. Motherhood in Biblical times was not only about giving birth. It was a social identity. It defined who you were in the household, in the village, and in temple worship. Motherhood was an identity. Not much has changed. Motherhood is still not only

about giving birth. Motherhood is an identity. A mother must choose the right way of giving birth, the right way to feed, clothe, change, and sleep your baby. If you do it right, your identity is secure. If you do it wrong, it is questioned (if not by other people, then from within).