While in Jamaica, the Lord really laid on my heart the word surrender. Surrendering looks different to different people but for me in prayer, the Lord and I connect spiritually, emotionally, and physically as one. In growing our relationship He asks me to walk in all three. It was a tiring day of ministry and I was feeling off. The Lord spoke to me in saying, “surrender” and in that He said, “Physically surrender to me” in this I obediently laid on the floor and said, “Lord I surrender.” As soon as my heart and mind surrendered along with my physical self He said,“Relax my child and lay with me for an hour, do not feel anxious but just be at peace with me.”
There I was laying in the middle of our living room floor with the Lord and it was amazing. I then continued laying on the floor, and without trying, God completely put me at peace, comfort, and filled my mind with relaxing thoughts of memories and conversations between Him and I.
Sometimes God may ask you to lay in the middle of your living room floor, and I would never hesitate to do it.
Surrendering to the Lord isn’t black and white just like the Lord isn’t black and white. In surrendering to the Lord physically, emotionally, and spiritually all together I was able to fully embrace the word surrender. In surrendering comes comfort, comes love, comes trust, comes peace.
The Lord wants me to build relationships with the people He has placed in my path to encounter, and He wants to work through me in those encounters. He wants to use me in every encounter. He wants me to be the body that He can love through, to show trust through, to comfort through. For Him to use me, involves surrendering to Him and allowing Him to fill me with peace, love, trust, and comfort.The Lord revealed to me that He doesn’t want this action in surrendering to be just something I did once to grow our relationship. He wants Him and I to continue to be walking in my surrender to Him everyday because that is what our relationship is about. Devoting my heart to the Lord wasn’t just a one time choice it is a choice I make everyday and a relationship I build, grow in, and walk in with love everyday.
Laying on the floor wasn’t just me being obedient to the Lord. It was me saying yes to walking in surrender to the Lord daily in everything I do and everywhere I go.
In times of trouble simply lay on the floor and let God know you Surrender to Him. Allow Him to just lay with you and allow Him to take over your heart. The amount of love and most of all overflowing power of peace goes beyond just laying on the floor.
In walking through surrender, I surrender my want to be in control of my life and who I choose to open up to in my trust, love, and emotions. The people God puts in my path to encounter He wants me to trust, love, and be open through Him to them. With the Lord in full control my life is so much more joyfull, peaceful, loving, and filled with trust.
“For His Glory I Will Lay On The Floor!” – Laura
