The heart of worship
Surrender is admitting defeat in battle, forfeiting a game, yielding to a stronger opponent. It is losing and no one wants to be a loser.
True worship happens only when you surrender to God. In Romans 12 : 1 we are asked to offer ourselves to God.
What stops you from surrendering ourselves to God. It is our pride, our fear and our confusion. When we trust God, we can surrender to God completely. Fear keeps us from surrendering to God. Trust Him. We must admit that we are not in charge of everything. God is.
Surrendering means to change what needs to be changed. Surrendering is best demonstrated in obedience. Trust is also important.
When we surrender, we have peace, freedom and we experience God’s power in our lives. All stubborn temptations and difficult problems can be defeated by Christ when we surrender to Him.
Surrender is not the best way to live, it is the only way to live. Nothing else works. It takes years and you will eventually discover that the greatest hindrance to God’s blessing in your life is yourself – your will, your pride and personal ambition. So begin now to give it all to God – our past regrets, our present problems, our future ambitions, our fears, our dreams, our weakness, our habits, our hurts and hang-ups.
Philippians 4 : 13
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
James 4 : 7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Luke 9 : 23
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Romans 6 : 13
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
(Stops & Steps 1033 08VIII2009)