Everybody Surrenders to Something

@dong1970 (1572)
Philippines
March 3, 2009 8:22am CST
Everybody surrenders to something or someone in life.If not to God, you’ll surrender to popular opinion, to money, to resentment or fear, or to your own pride, lust, and ego. We were designed to worship something, and when we fail to worship God, we create gods (idols) to surrender ourselves to. E. Stanley Jones said, “If you don’t surrender to Christ, you surrender to chaos.” You’re free to choose what you surrender to, but you’re not free from the consequences of that choice: “So give yourselves completely to God” (James 4:7 NCV). Surrender is not the best way to live; it is the only way to live. Nothing else works.All other approaches lead to frustration, disappointment, and self-destruction.
5 responses
djoyce71
@djoyce71 (2511)
• Philippines
8 Mar 09
I have read something about Surrending to God from allaboutjesus.org: Surrender means to yield ownership, to relinquish control over what we consider ours: our property, our time, our "rights." When we surrender to God, we are simply acknowledging that what we "own" actually belongs to Him. He is the giver of all good things. We are responsible to care for what God has given us, as stewards of His property, but by surrendering to God, we admit that He is ultimately in control of everything, including our present circumstances. Surrendering to God helps us to let go of whatever has been holding us back from God's best for our lives. By surrendering to God, we let go of whatever has kept us from wanting God's ways first. I believe this one. I surrender myself completely to God.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
4 Mar 09
I'm glad I've surrendered myself to God! Thanks my friend for this inspiring post. Indeed we need to surrender to god alone to avoid all the unnecessary idols in our lives. Only God deserves all the worship, honor and glory!
sunita64
@sunita64 (6469)
• India
3 Mar 09
I feel what you have written is an absolute truth, but I feel to be happy in life it is better to surrender to the current of life and should flow along with it wherever it takes. The moment we restrain then only problem arise.
forslahiri
@forslahiri (1042)
• India
3 Mar 09
Hi, The other name of Surrender is BLIND TRUST. Which You can only do to that Almighty... =Lahiri,Kolkata,India.
kquiming
@kquiming (2997)
• Philippines
3 Mar 09
Great bible verse... I think i re-learned something from you today -- something i have known and heard of for a long time, but have forgotten.