The verb “surrender” in the Webster dictionary has various definitions listed,
of them the ones that stand out the most are “to yield to the power, control or possession of another upon compulsion or demand” and “to give up completely”
It is interesting that the act of surrendering by definition implies letting go of control, and of your will.
In a human sense no one wants to surrender to anyone or anything. Instead we would rather rely on our own strength and plans to carry the day…
Yet God demands just that, surrender, to come to faith in Jesus involves our surrender to His truth.
1) Humanity is sinful and thus separated from God (Romans 3:23, Psalms 14)
2) We cannot rely on our own strength or good deeds to get to God. (Isaiah 64:6-7)
3) God provided His Son Jesus Christ as the payment for our sin, Jesus died on the Cross.
(John 3:16-18)
4) Jesus rose from the dead proving He is true and able to save. (1 Corinthians 15:3-8)
5) Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation. (John 14:6, Acts 4:12)
6) You can know God personally through honestly believing on Jesus for salvation and asking Him into your life. (Rom 10:9-11)
It’s a simple honest prayer with no magic words, just from the heart something like this:
“Lord Jesus, I need you. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins, and rising from the dead proving you are true. I open the door of my life and receive you as my Savior and Lord. Thank you for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of my life. Make me the kind of person you want me to be.”
It’s the Gospel the “good news” that we can know God personally, (John 17:3)
Yet it involves surrender
Take control of my life…
If you want to look up any bible verses feel free to use the link below:
http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Rom&c=10&v=9&t=KJV#9
I assume most of you reading this are Christians, for you the encouragement is that though we have surrendered to God for salvation, we must daily surrender our will to Gods.
Below is a 10 min youtube video about counting the cost of being a Disciple of Christ it was very encouraging
(Please know I’m not at a place of total surrender to God, I wish I were but this is speaking to me also, I don’t claim to have attained anything but God’s grace, and this not of my own merit)
