Submit: To yield or SURRENDER (oneself) to the will or authority of another.
These are 2 words that have been on my mind for quite some time. What does it mean to surrender? And is surrender a negative thing? Well by definition surrender means to give up. Most people see giving up as a negative thing, but it depends on what you are GIVING UP and what you are GAINING. When I became a Christian I gave up the ways of the world, but I gained an unfailing love and a heavenly Father who would sacrifice His only son just so I can be with Him. Wow, I gained more than I started with. I always saw surrender as a sign of weakness, but then I have come to learn that sometimes when you surrender it is for the greater good. I am a sinful human being and I can't survive this world on my own. I am in need of someone stronger than myself to help me through this crazy ride-- that would be Jesus. All throughout scripture we see that God is all-knowing and full of wisdom. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6. We as humans fail each other every day, but God is perfect and he will never fail us. We may not get exactly what we want, and that is because God has a plan for our life and he knows exactly what we need and what is best for us in the long-run. To surrender to God is to actually gain eternal life! As a Christian we are called to go and make disciples, but if we want to make disciples we must first be a disciple. How do I become a Disciple? Mark 8:34 "Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me"." The key to being a disciple is following Jesus. Striving everyday to be more and more like Him is what makes someone a disciple. It's not about whether you are a leader or not, it is about who you are following. I definitely have followed the wrong things before. I am selfish, and many times I have turned from Christ just because I wanted satisfaction at that moment instead of waiting on His time. I have to wake up everyday and surrender my all to God because of my sinful nature. I am imperfect; so I have to work hard to be like Christ. The road of a Christian is not easy, but in the end it will be well worth the bumpy road. Surrendering is the easy part, in my opinion. It is the next day that it becomes difficult. The moment you surrender to the Lord the devil has already began working against you. At moments after that surrender it feels like the entire world is against you, it is pretty insane! God never promised we would not be tested, and that is truth! "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." James 4:7. Ah, the Bible always has the answers we need. :) As we submit daily to God, He protects us and doesn't allow us to struggle with anything to big for us. We are stronger than we think; I know this for a fact. If you are born again then the Spirit of the Lord is dwelling in you; therefore, you are pretty stinking strong!
I am still learning how to surrender and submit to God daily. So my prayer, until my next blog, is that as we journey through life we will continue to hold onto the truths the Bible has for us.
Raising my white flag,
Hannah T.
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