“Whose I am…”~ Acts 27:23
The term found in the title of this article is purported to have been used first by Sir Walter Scott, in a letter he wrote in 1817, speaking of the three main parts of an old musket. The reference was to all, total, everything, complete.
This was Paul’s testimony; if asked to Whom he belonged, his immediate answer, without hesitation would be, “I am lock, stock, and barrel ‘His.’” Not a part, but the whole. As the song goes.
In the Levitical offerings of the Old Testament a portion went to the priest, the offerer, and the Lord. But one, the Whole Burnt Offering, went completely to God. Jesus’ life represented this offering. At no time is a saint more Christ-like than when offering to God the whole of his or her life.
Not one hand behind him holding to some cherished thing, but both hands before Him, and empty! God has little interest in what you have given Him, He already has that. It is what you haven’t handed over to Him that concerns Him.
One of the great memorial days in a believer’s life is when he can say to his Lord, from the heart, “I honestly do not have anything else to give, you have everything.” Thus He then becomes your everything .
A closing question, to Whom do you belong, dear reader?