I surrenderI just received some very heartbreaking news. It seems that I should just be used to bad news. I don’t want to sound gloomy, but honestly… it seems as everything I‘ve done to try to get a better physical quality of life, since my healthy physical body was taken from me, simply never works. Never. My hope is always deferred.

I surrender all. I surrender all.

All to thee, my blessed Savior

I surrender all.

How many times have we sung this in church? How often have we had the audacity to tell God that we surrender everything to Him? Do we really understand what that may cost? Only after promising, perhaps superficially promising to surrender, all hell breaks loose and the test comes! What do we do when all hell breaks loose? What do we do when the pill that we’re forced to swallow almost chokes us? I find myself leaning on His strength. I know it’s ONLY BY GRACE I can even attempt entertaining the thought that God knows best.

You give and take away

You give and take away

My heart will choose to say

Lord blessed be Your name

Do we really mean those words we sing? Surrender is H-A-R-D! It’s beyond hard! The Bible tells us that we become slaves to whatever we choose to obey or yield to. We can be a slave to sin, which ultimately leads to death, or we can choose to surrender to God, which leads to righteous living. The Bible tells us so much about yielding, surrendering AND temptation… temptation that is so subtle, we don’t even realize what’s happening to us. God has promised that He won’t allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear. There sure had been countless times I thought I was at the breaking point. It was those times God carried me in His arms. How can I ever doubt again? For sure He doesn’t promise smooth sailing. But if you surrender the driver’s seat of your life to Him, He promises to safely bring you to shore.