What it means to SURRENDER.

What does it mean to surrender? Will we ever really be able to grasp what it is to fully and completely let go? Sadly enough i think that most of us never will. i am not going to start claiming that i have, but i'm working on it and want to share. God IS in control. Whether or not you want him to be, he still is. We always think that we can do things; as a result we try to do them. Sometimes we succeed in doing what we aspire for, and other times we fail miserably. Why? Because we cant do everything, even if we believe we can. We cant do everything because God has a plan and everything we want to do doesn't fit into Gods plan. Surrendering means, to yield to the power, control, or possession of another upon compulsion or demand . God demands our surrender, and part of that is giving up our own desires and dreams to chase after HIS will. If we strive to serve God before all else in our lives we have hope. Just because we give up our dreams it doesn't mean we have thrown them away. We have simply placed them in Gods hands as an offering, giving him control to do as he sees fit with them. It says in Psalm 37:4 " Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart."  and delight means a high degree of gratification : joy: extreme satisfaction. So if we have extreme satisfaction in what we have and what God is doing, he will bless us with our dreams and aspirations because we will know without a doubt it is from him and glorify him through it! Praise God! You can only find true happiness when you let go of your own happiness and search for his joy. God has been taking things from me lately and telling me that they aren't what he wants me to have. whether it be friendships, or words, dreams, or activities. i have been holding on to relationships and ideas that God didn't approve of. These relationships weren't bad or even hurting me. God just had better! Slowly im letting things slip through my fingers and into Gods hands, where he makes beauty from my mess. The Potter is making jars of clay into statues of the finest jewels and glass. i used to chase after money and   possessions but i have found an even greater joy in poverty. i have learned gratitude in my poverty because i have learned to cherish everything God has allowed me to have, and also i have learned to let them go for a greater joy in trusting him. i wont say it has been easy at all, but he has given me the strength. i took the step to be willing and obedient and he has honored that with a spirit of perseverance. To surrender, you need to learn to say "no" to: yourself, your desires, your sin nature, and to unhealthy feelings. Surrender reaps a harvest of joy in our lives, and the first step to surrender is trust. It might seem hard but if you ask God for his grace you can do it.



“For the grace of God that brings 
salvation has appeared to all men.  It 
teaches us to say ‘No’ to ungodliness 
and worldly passions, and to live selfcontrolled, upright and godly lives in 
this present age.” ~ Titus 2:11-12