To Surrender

                                                  To Surrender

Eileen Renders

   To make it clear, we first need to define the difference in meaning between Submit and Surrender. To submit is often referred to as accepting and aligning ourselves with specific rules or regulations regarding an Association or other Authority that we have aligned ourselves with. Submitting can also mean that an individual was forced to submit to another’s will, such as a prisoner or sexually abused person. This word is often associated with negative consequences or situations.

  Submission is different because we desire to give all to a person or idea that we believe in wholeheartedly, and want to become one with. Submission, however, is decided entirely by one’s free will, a choice that is made because of the positivity surrounding this choice of our free will.

   The best, and quite possibly the only example here, may be the benefits we receive from God after we surrender to Him. When we commit to fully recognizing that we want to belong to God, to follow His lead, and to be guided and corrected by Him whenever necessary, we begin to receive His many blessings of peace, joy, and protection.

   How then does one fully become submissive to God’s will, and give up our free will? Truly if this is our heart’s desire, it will happen in God’s time, not ours. Therefore, with patience, we consistently pray to God, and when we speak to Him we never end our conversation with Him without saying; “God, please take my will and replace it with Your will, I never want to hurt You again.”

   When we belong to Christ through our sincere desire and acknowledgment while professing this desire to God daily, God will accept that offer when the time is best. Often, our patience and consistency are a test to determine just how sincere and humble our motives are. Other gifts and blessings we receive from God when we are in total submission to His will (and let go of our will) can include; wisdom, inspiration, a realized pathway to be of service to God, health, and more.