Have you Surrendered Yourself?

           Offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--
                   This is your spiritual act of worship! Romans 12:1 NIV

            Surrender! What comes to your mind when you hear that word? Losing a game or throwing in the towel, walking away, you can’t possibly do it any longer so you give up. Does that ring a bell to you? Have you ever had to surrender something that was very important to you? Someone is asking you to surrender something this well be forever life changing.
            God is asking you to surrender yourself to him. Meaning your life you’re innermost being and everything that is in it. All of you not just seventy-five percent. Your life, your heart, your soul, your inner most being. How does that make you feel, does it make you feel vulnerable maybe a little frightened? The question is can you do it or do you even know how?
            In the Webster dictionary surrender means; to give up oneself into the power of another. Wow, pretty power isn’t it? Even the dictionary is telling us to give ourselves to another and that other is God. Do you know that God can’t possible do all he wants to do for our lives and us until we surrender ourselves to him? I know that I learned the hard way of leading my own lfie and making my own decision. I have fallen more times and I decided I don’t want to have control of my life. I learned that there is someone out there that wants to guide me and someone that even knows what’s best for me. God says, “That I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 Right here God is telling us I know the future I have for you better than you do, I have a future for you not to harm you buy one with hope and love.  When we take our own life in our hands we are opening the door for devastation, hurt and failure. Do you want that in your life? I know I didn’t. I wanted everything that God could give me and the only way to receive that is surrendering all of myself to him. Before I knew it he was blessing my life beyond measure. Do I still have some difficulties and trails, yes I do but it is a lot easier to get up when God is the one lifting me up.
            Do you want your life to be different? Do you want to put your life in the hands of our creator? The one who can truly change everything that is within you? Let’s pray, “Lord I surrender the right to lead my own life I don’t want to anymore for I know that you know what is best for me. Here I am Lord take me as I am and do as you wish with myself and my life guide me Lord in the direction that you want me to go and may I however blindly follow you.” In Jesus name, Amen!

Thank you Lord for showing me what it is like living my life completely through you, I will continue to give myself, my innermost being unto you.