A Prisoner

July 17, 1963

Ambition can be a very valuable tool to reach a goal or achieve success. With an objective in mind and some determination, you can accomplish just about anything you put your mind to. From a job, to sports, to your favorite hobby, to your walk with God, wherever you place the most time and dedication, there is where you'll flourish. Before you even realize it, you can become so wrapped up in the carnal things of this life, until you become prisoner to the world and your own desires. But in order to serve God, you have to surrender every ambition you've got to Him. You must surrender your will, your soul, body, mind, and your whole life, to Him. You must become a prisoner to Christ. "Not my will, but thine, be done." Just like Joseph, Moses, and Paul that Brother Branham speaks of in this message, you have to be stripped of your own thinking in order to become prisoners to the will and ways of God.

If we "could only become prisoners; to our own selfish being, to our own ambition, that we could completely surrender ourself and be yoked to Him, no matter what the rest the world thinks, what the rest the world does. We're yoked with fetters of love. We are prisoners. "My feet is so yoked to Christ, it won't dance. My eyes is so yoked to Christ, till I, when I see these modern striptease on the street, It turns my head. My--my heart is so yoked in love to Him, till I can't have love for this world, anymore. My will is so yoked to Him, till I don't even know now what my ambitions are. Just, 'Wherever You lead, I'll follow, Lord.' I'll be a prisoner." See?"

We've witnessed many young believers become prisoners for Christ after hearing this same Holy Ghost inspired message at the recent Ukraine, Romania, and Jeffersonville camps. We pray there are many more who will surrender their lives as prisoners for Christ during this first phase of November 2010 Revival Month.