Devotion of Surrender

9/13/2020

John 17:4 “I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do.”

Jesus carried out His Father’s will, always even unto a brutal death and the deeper pain of taking on the sin of the world. I am, as a believer, supposed to reflect the character of Jesus in my own life. Have I even come close to doing all that God has called me to do in my life? Sadly, no. Have I excused away those moments when I feel moved to act if God is asking me to go into an uncomfortable situation or speak boldly in faith? Sadly, yes. One commonality for my failure in both of these areas is not being willing to surrender all to God, and believe that no matter what is asked of me, He will give me the strength to complete it. Surrendering to God’s will is an act that I must do over and over again, so the pride of self-reliance does not get in the way. Chambers writes, “Surrender is not the surrender of the external life, but of the will; when that is done, all is done.” “God never crushes a man’s will into surrender, He never beseeches him, He waits until the man yields up his will to Him.” God sees, and He waits.

Chambers writes about three areas of surrender: Surrender for Deliverance, Surrender for Devotion, and Surrender for Death. This is our entire life walking with God. We start with salvation, where we yield our very life to God and profess our sin before our Savior. Then we must continue to yield to God throughout this journey of life, and become completely devoted to the Holy Word and God’s will. Surrender for death is a dying to self, and aligning with Jesus so closely that nothing else in the world can hold any sway for you. I see this as also having peace with your physical death and going home to be with Jesus. Again, nothing this world offers should mean more to us than that. Until then, however, we must be diligent in our devotion to God’s will and His way.

I am, as always, a work in progress.


I Surrender All 

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