Surrender: A Posture of Trust

 I was recently asked the question “what is something God has been teaching you”. 

Honestly, it can be hard to really articulate the inner workings of what God is doing in my heart. We can talk about the things He has done, but sometimes it’s more difficult to verbalize the growth or stretching of our faith—those lessons learned in the quiet places. The shifting that happens when our flesh wrestles with the refinement of the Holy Spirit.

Considering this question, I was reminded how God recently has been opening up my eyes to the ways I *try* to dictate life to Him. We all do that sometimes. 😆We tell him what we expect life to look like, and then grow confused when things don’t happen “our way”. When things aren’t in our control...

Surrender.

It’s not just a flippant, “I don’t care” attitude. It’s a choice to lay down—even the most treasured parts of our hearts—in the hands of a Creator who let His son be nailed to a cross for YOU.

Surrender.

It’s a walk of faith. Not a denial of hard things, but a full-on acknowledgment of difficulties being faced and saying “but God can”. It’s a posture of trust. 

Surrender.

It’s a relinquishment of pride.
It’s a setting aside of trying to make things work out in YOUR own strength.
It’s a laying down of your agenda and saying “yes God” to where He directs.
It’s trusting His “yes” AND His “no”.
It’s holding on and it can also be letting go. 
It is not a matter of “learning to not care”; it means learning to love God MORE than you love your own control. It means learning to desire obedience more than sacrifice (because we don’t always get to pick what He asks us to surrender). 

So that is what I’m learning. 

Surrender. One day at a time, one situation at a time. ❤️