My family has been praying a nine day prayer of Surrender to the Will of God the past week. It is a powerful prayer, especially for people who struggle with surrender (*hint*: me).
In the past couple months, I found it increasingly easy to slip into the mindset of “I know what I want; I have control over this.” It’s always been hard for me to remember how God’s plan overshadows what I can imagine.
In the middle of March I was waiting to hear back from a university to see whether or not I was accepted. For a long time before I received the decision, I had the mindset of “I want this so badly; I want to be accepted SO badly. This has to be a part of God’s plan, right? I’m gonna go on the World Race and then go to this college afterwards.”
About two weeks before I found out if I got accepted, I remembered the words “thy will be done.” A sudden peace totally washed over me, because I knew no matter the outcome, God had it under control. I didn’t have to worry anymore.
I ended up getting rejected, but I was in such a peaceful mindset about it that I wasn’t upset. I knew that attending this school after the race was not part of God’s plan.
Total peace. Total surrender.
This is part of the prayer:
“You are sleepless;
you want to judge everything,
direct everything and see to everything
and you surrender to human strength,
or worse – to men themselves,
trusting in their intervention,
– this is what hinders my words and my views.
Oh how much I wish from you this surrender,
to help you and how I suffer when I see you so agitated!
Satan tries to do exactly this:
to agitate you and to remove you from my protection
and to throw you into the jaws of human initiative.
So, trust only in me,
rest in me,
surrender to me in everything.”
Our troubles are so insignificant in comparison to God’s power.
I was reading Psalm 62 yesterday, and it says “Only in God is my soul at rest . . . I shall not be disturbed at all . . .” and my favorite part, Psalm 62:10 says:
“Only a breath are mortal men,
An illusion are men of rank;
In a balance they prove lighter all together,
Than a breath.”
The struggles of the world and our individual worries are so small; they don’t even weigh more than a breath of air. Powerful stuff.
thank youuuu all for reading, it means the world for all the continued support!! keep me and the rest of Route 4 in your prayers as we prepare for training camp and launch! They are some incredible people.
Peace :))))
MG
