A Position of Surrender

“My life is not my own, to you I belong, I give myself to you.” Those are some powerful words to a worship song that I kept rehearsing over and over in my head today, actually all weekend. That song has been on my heart since Sunday. We sang it during worship. It’s not a new song and it’s one that I have heard before, but for some reason I just can’t shake it. Those words continue to echo in my spirit. The song is entitled “I Give Myself Away” by William McDowell.  Today as I sang those words I asked myself the question “What does it really mean to “give yourself away”? The word surrender came to me. It is defined as “to yield to the power, control, or possession of another upon compulsion or demand.  

Is that what God really wants from us, a position of complete and total surrender?

I would have to say yes. In the scriptures we are reminded that we are not our own (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). When I think of surrender I picture a person standing, raising a white flag signifying their surrender of their very being to another person. Perhaps that is the way it is in the spiritual realm as well. In order to do this, it is like we literally have to hold up our white flag and surrender our own will, our own way, our own plans to what He has for us. It is often much easier said than done because our flesh wants to do its own thing and have it’s own way but it is up to us to make it surrender (I Corinthians 9:27). I can hear the thoughts now, What about what I want to do? What about my plans? I choose not to worry about that because I know that what He chooses to do with my life is infinitely better than what I could do on my own.

There is so much that He desires to do in and through us, if we would just surrender. My prayer today is that I can surrender my life unconditionally, wholeheartedly, into His hands. I encourage you as you go through your day, ponder this thought of surrender. Ask yourself  “Have I truly given myself away to God?” “In what areas have I not surrendered to Him?” Listen for His reply and then do what is necessary to do just that, surrender. I included a link to the song I mentioned previously. I hope it touches your heart as it did mine. It is my prayer that we, His children would get in and remain in a position of surrender to the Father. Be encouraged today!

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~ What can I offer the LORD for all he has done for me? Psalms 116:12