Surrender
‘ None of us surrenders just once, or ever quite surrenders all. On this side of eternity, we will never be done with surrender because it’s not a one-time decision for us. It’s a commitment to a lifestyle. Every day will bring us a new opportunity to offer our surrender to God and to let something go. And we’ll keep on giving over to God things we thought we released to him fully once-and-for-all but didn’t. Not because we didn’t want to--because we couldn’t yet.' (I Give Up: The Secret Joy of a Surrendered Life, 5 day devotional study plan by Laura Story) Surrender is not easy. It is an action, a posture that does not come naturally. I think most of us like to hold tight to what we have in this life, what we have accomplished, what we have worked so hard to achieve. Even after we find new life in Christ, and as we navigate this journey of life in faith, it is difficult to fully trust and give over everything to our God. It is a necessary daily release we must adopt,...